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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
D-XYLOPYRANOSE 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
D-XYLOSE 0 Seed 5400.0 16200.0 *
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Seed 3.0 -0.88 *
DELPHINIDIN 9 Flower Abstract (See species file)
DELPHINIDIN-3-0-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower *
DELPHINIDIN-3-0-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE 0 Flower *
DELPHINIDIN-3-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower *
DELPHINIDIN-3-GLUCOSYL-RUTINOSIDE 0 Flower *
DELPHINIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 1 Flower *
DELPHINIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE 0 Flower *
DELPHINIDIN-3-TRIGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower *
DELTA-5-AVENASTEROL 1 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DELTA-TOCOPHEROL 4 Seed Oil *
DIASTASE 0 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
DICROTALIC-ACID 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
EICOSANOL 1 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ERUCIC-ACID 2 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
FAT 0 Hay 33000.0 61000.0 1.00 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FAT 0 Seed 40000.0 450000.0 0.97 *
FATTY-ACIDS 0 Seed Oil Upadhya, G. S., Narayanaswamy, G., Kartha, A. R. S. 1974. Note on the Comparative Development of Fatty Acids in Ripening Seeds of 6 Dicot Species Producing C16-C18 Acid Fats. Indian J. Agr. Sci. 44: 620.
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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 *