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Plant Oryza sativa (Poaceae)

Common Names
Rice
How this plant is used
Food

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View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
MAGNESIUM 65 Plant 1100.0 2200.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY 1 Seed not available 0.2 0.30 Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MOMILACTONE-A 0 Petiole not available 4.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MOMILACTONE-B 0 Petiole not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MOMILACTONE-C 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MONOGLYCOSYL-CERAMIDE 0 Shoot not available 250.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRICYL-CEROTATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NAPHTHALINE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOCARLINOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOSCHAFTOSIDE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOXANTHIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Seed 40.0 65.0 0.66 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Seed not available 1.6 -0.60 Duke, 1992 *
NICOTIANAMINE 1 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 4500.0 8100.0 -0.91 Duke, 1992 *
ORYZABRANS 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ORYZALEXIN-A 0 Leaf 1.0 1.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
ORYZALEXIN-B 0 Leaf not available 0.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
ORYZALEXIN-C 0 Leaf not available 5.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anthelmintic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacid 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAddisonian 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadrenalinic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiAGE 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 5 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.
Antiaging 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.