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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LOTAUSTRALIN | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
LUCENIN-1 | 0 | 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. |
LUCENIN-2 | 0 | 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. |
LUTEOLIN | 78 | 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. |
LYSINE | 4 | Plant | not available | 0.2 | -1.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
LYSINE | 4 | Seed | not available | 2.5 | -1.64 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
MAGNESIUM | 65 | Hay | not available | 3100.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
MAGNESIUM | 65 | Seed | 3715.0 | 7002.0 | 1.60 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
MALIC-ACID | 15 | 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. |
MANGANESE | 14 | Hay | not available | 8.1 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
MANGANESE | 14 | Seed | 50.0 | 70.0 | 0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
MANNURONIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 4500.0 | 9000.0 | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
METHIONINE | 15 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | -1.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
METHYL-LINAMARIN | 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. |
MOLYBDENUM | 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. |
MUCILAGE | 3 | Seed | 20000.0 | 84000.0 | -0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | 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. |
NEOLINUSTATIN | 1 | Seed | 19.0 | 4540.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
NH3 | 0 | Seed | not available | 3000.0 | -1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
NIACIN | 39 | Seed | not available | 15.0 | -0.83 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
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. |