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 |
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Antiatherogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiatheromic | 1 | Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990. |
Antiatherosclerotic | 10 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Antibacterial | 18 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiberiberi | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antibiotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
AntiBPH | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antibradiquinic | 1 | Fitoterapia No.61: 277, 1990. |
Antibronchitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticancer | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticancer (Breast) | 2 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
Anticancer (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticancer (Colon) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticancer (Esophagus)? | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Anticancer (Forestomach) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticancer (Liver) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticancer (Lung) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticancer (Pancreas) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticancer (Prostate) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |