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Plant 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
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
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Ulcerogenic 2 HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Uricogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Uricosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Urine-Acidifier 1 Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Uterotrophic 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Vasodilator 11 Duke, 1992 *
Vasomotor-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 3 Martindale's 29th
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.