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Common Names
Flax; Linseed
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| ACETIC-ACID | 16 | Seed | 3105.0 | 3853.0 | -0.45 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| ALANINE | 3 | Seed | not available | 0.3 | -2.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-CEPHALINE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID | 15 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID | 15 | Seed | 108000.0 | 254600.0 | 4.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID | 15 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL | 32 | Oil | not available | 5.0 | -0.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL | 32 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AMMONIA | 0 | Seed | not available | 3000.0 | -1.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AMMONIA(NH3) | 0 | Seed | not available | 3000.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN | 101 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| ARGININE | 14 | Seed | not available | 0.6 | -1.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARSENIC | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| ASH | 0 | Hay | 62000.0 | 72000.0 | -1.00 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ASH | 0 | Seed | 26000.0 | 49000.0 | 0.03 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Seed | not available | 0.6 | -2.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AUXINE-ESTER | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| BARIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Seed | 0.0 | 0.3 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Energizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Erythrocytogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Essential | 8 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Estrogenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Expectorant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Flatugenic | 2 | Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994. |
| FLavor | 5 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 10 | Martindale's 29th |
| Fungistat | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionigenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Goitrogenic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemopoietic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemostat | 2 | Martindale's 29th |