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 |
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FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
FERULIC-ACID-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. |
FERULIC-ACID-ESTER | 0 | Sprout Seedling | 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. |
FIBER | 15 | Hay | 365000.0 | 462000.0 | 1.00 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
FIBER | 15 | Seed | 48000.0 | 126000.0 | -0.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
FLAVONOIDS | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
FUCOSE | 0 | Seed | 4000.0 | 5000.0 | not available | Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp. |
GALACTURONIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 9000.0 | 48489.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
GAMMA-LINOLENIC-ACID | 20 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL | 14 | Oil | not available | 573.0 | 0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL | 14 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
GENTIOBIOSE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
GERANYL-GERANIOL | 11 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
GLUCOSE | 7 | Seed | 111000.0 | 146000.0 | 3.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
GLUCURONIC-ACID | 4 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | not available | 1.2 | -1.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
GLYCINE | 12 | Seed | not available | 0.4 | -1.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
HCN | 9 | Flower | not available | 6920.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
HCN | 9 | Hull Husk | not available | 460.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
HCN | 9 | Root | not available | 670.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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Irritant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
Juvabional | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
Keratitigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Keratolytic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Larvicide | 1 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
Larvistat | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Laxative | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Laxative? | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91. |
Leptingenic | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
Leukotriene-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Lipotropic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 6 | Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690. |
Lithogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Litholytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Lubricant | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Lyase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Lymphocytogenic | 1 | Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp. |
MAO-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
MAPK-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Memorigenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |