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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
PROTEIN 0 Seed 160000.0 341000.0 0.95 *
RAFFINOSE 1 Seed *
RHAMNOGALACTURONAN 0 Seed Abstract (See species file)
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 1.7 -0.70 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SECOISOLARICIRESINOL 3 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
SECOISOLARICIRESINOL 3 Seed *
SERINE 1 Seed 0.2 -2.03 *
SILICA 0 Seed 322.0 608.0 -1.00 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SILVER 3 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Seed *
SINAPIC-ACID-ESTER 0 Sprout Seedling List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SINAPIC-ACID-GLUCOSE-ESTER 0 Seed *
SODIUM 1 Seed 400.0 1014.0 0.89 *
SQUALENE 10 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SQUALENE 10 Seed Oil *
STARCH 5 Seed 2000.0 39000.0 -1.10 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 13595.0 16545.0 -0.21 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed Oil 81000.0 -0.28 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STRONTIUM 0 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiatherogenic 1 *
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 *
Antiberiberi 1 *
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 *
Antibradiquinic 1 Fitoterapia No.61: 277, 1990.
Antibronchitic 1 *
Anticancer 6 *
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 *
Anticancer (Colon) 2 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer (Forestomach) 2 *
Anticancer (Liver) 2 *
Anticancer (Lung) 2 *
Anticancer (Pancreas) 1 *
Anticancer (Prostate) 1 *