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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NICKEL | 3 | 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. |
| NICOTINAMIDE | 2 | Seed | not available | 38.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NORDIHYDROGUAIARETIC-ACID | 33 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| O-GLYCOFLAVONE-C-GLYCOSIDE | 1 | 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. |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 16.0 | 120000.0 | 0.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed Oil | not available | 283000.0 | -0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEORESIN | 0 | Seed | 520.0 | 5850.0 | -1.00 | Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp. |
| ORIENTIN | 4 | Leaf | 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. |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Seed | not available | 60.0 | -0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-COUMARIC-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. |
| P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID | 13 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Hegnauer, R. 1962-1997. Chemotaxonomie der Pflanzen, Bde 1-11. Birkhauser Verlag Basel, Boston, Berlin. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | 19005.0 | 22515.0 | -0.24 | Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed Oil | not available | 90000.0 | -0.61 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANTOTHENIC-ACID | 11 | 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. |
| PECTIN | 24 | Seed | 53900.0 | 100000.0 | 2.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PELARGONIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-RUTINOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PELARGONIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENTOSANS | 0 | Seed | 79000.0 | 99000.0 | 0.42 | Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp. |
| PENTOSES | 0 | Seed | 4010.0 | 4977.0 | -1.41 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 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 * |