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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PEROXIDASE 0 Cotyledon *
PEROXIDASE 0 Hypocotyl *
PEROXIDASE 0 Root *
PHENOLIC-ACID-ESTERS 0 Seed 739.0 5420.0 *
PHENOLIC-ACIDS 0 Seed 810.0 103400.0 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 0.2 -1.38 *
PHOSPHATIDES 0 Seed 7000.0 -0.10 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
PHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE 2 Seed 160.0 2025.0 1.00 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
PHOSPHATIDYL-SERINE 0 Seed 160.0 2025.0 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
PHOSPHOLIPIDS 0 Seed 360.0 4050.0 -0.60 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Hay 1110.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 3961.0 20335.0 3.96 *
PHYTIC-ACID 9 Seed 18000.0 33000.0 1.17 *
PHYTIN 0 Seed 24000.0 64000.0 1.64 *
PHYTOL 1 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
POLYSACCHARIDES 0 Seed *
POTASSIUM 14 Hay 17400.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 7964.0 15009.0 0.21 *
PROLINE 0 Seed 0.2 -2.23 *
PROTEIN 0 Hay 76000.0 78000.0 -1.00 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidysphagic 1 *
AntiEBV 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic 5 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antiedemic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiencephalopathic 7 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 1 *
Antienteritic 1 *
Antienterotic 1 *
Antiepileptic 5 *
Antiepitheleomic 1 *
Antiestrogenic 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antifatigue 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 2 *
Antifibrositic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antifibrotic 1 *
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th