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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Spermigenic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Succinoxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Sunscreen | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Suppository | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Sweetener | 2 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
Taenicide | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Testosteronigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Thymoprotective | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Thyroid-Peroxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 2 | Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237. |
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 1 | Azuma, Y., Onishi, Y., Sato, Y., Kizaki, H. 1995. Effects of Protein Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors With Different Modes of Action on Topoisomerase Activity and Death of IL-2-Dependent CTLL-2-Cells. J Biochemistry, 118: 312-318. |
Toxic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Tranquilizer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Tremorigenic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Trichomonicide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Triglycerigenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Tumor-Promoter | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Ubiquiot | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |