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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Linum usitatissimum (Linaceae)

Common Names
Flax; Linseed
How this plant is used
Food
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PEROXIDASE 0 Cotyledon *
PEROXIDASE 0 Hypocotyl *
PEROXIDASE 0 Root *
PHENOLIC-ACID-ESTERS 0 Seed 739.0 5420.0 *
PHENOLIC-ACIDS 0 Seed 810.0 103400.0 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 0.2 -1.38 *
PHOSPHATIDES 0 Seed 7000.0 -0.10 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
PHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE 2 Seed 160.0 2025.0 1.00 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
PHOSPHATIDYL-SERINE 0 Seed 160.0 2025.0 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
PHOSPHOLIPIDS 0 Seed 360.0 4050.0 -0.60 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Hay 1110.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 3961.0 20335.0 3.96 *
PHYTIC-ACID 9 Seed 18000.0 33000.0 1.17 *
PHYTIN 0 Seed 24000.0 64000.0 1.64 *
PHYTOL 1 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
POLYSACCHARIDES 0 Seed *
POTASSIUM 14 Hay 17400.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 7964.0 15009.0 0.21 *
PROLINE 0 Seed 0.2 -2.23 *
PROTEIN 0 Hay 76000.0 78000.0 -1.00 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hepatoprotective 10 *
Hepatotoxic 1 *
Hepatotropic 1 *
Herbicide 1 Angewandte Botanik 68(5/6)=1994. Page 195.
Herbistat 1 *
HIF-1alpha-Inhibitor 1 *
Histamine-Inhibitor 1 *
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 2 *
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hypnotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocalcemic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypocholesterolemic 24 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypoglycemic 10 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 4 *
Hypotensive 13 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.