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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Oryza sativa (Poaceae)

Common Names
Rice
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
(+)-DEHYDROVOMIFOLIOL 0 Petiole 1.0 *
1-RHAMNONO-1,4-LACTONE 0 Plant *
12(S),13(S)-EPOXY-11(R)-HYDROXY-OCTADECA-CIS-9,CIS15-DIEN-1-OIC-ACID 0 Shoot 0.9 *
12(S),13(S)-EPOXY-11(S)-HYDROXY-OCTADECA-CIS-9,CIS15-DIEN-1-OIC-ACID 0 Shoot 0.4 *
15,16-DIHYDROCORONARIC-ACID 0 Shoot 0.8 *
2,4-DINITROPHENYLHYDRAZONE 0 Seed *
2-C-HYDROXY-METHYL-D-ERYTHRONO-1,4-LACTONE 0 Plant *
2-C-METHYL-D-ERYTHRONO-1,4-LACTONE 0 Plant *
2-DEOXY-D-LYXONO-1,4-LACTONE 0 Plant *
24-METHYL-24-METHOXYCYCLOARTANOL 0 Plant *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTANOL 5 Plant *
25-ETHOXY-24-METHOXYCYLCOARTANOL 0 Plant *
25-HYDROXY-24-METHOXYCYCLOARTANOL 0 Plant *
3-DEOXY-D-ARABINO-HEXONO-1,4-LACTONE 0 Plant *
5'O-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-PYROXIDINE 0 Fruit *
9,10-DIOXYSTEARIC-ACID 0 Plant *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Plant *
ACETONE 3 Plant *
ADENINE 11 Seed *
ALLANTOIN 12 Seed *

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5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 1 (View) *
Acarifuge 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Addictive 1 (View) Science News, 145: 294.
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allelopathic 4 (View) Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 6 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 5 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *
Anorexic 2 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.