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Plant 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
SILICIC-ACID 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Plant not available 3500.0 -0.11 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 90.0 939.0 0.77 Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE 10 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Seed 722000.0 749000.0 1.78 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 150.0 270.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE 14 Seed 3000.0 4800.0 -0.63 Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Plant not available 1000.0 -1.22 Duke, 1992 *
TARAXANTHIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Seed 2.2 3.9 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Hay not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TOCOPHERONE 0 Wax not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ACONITIC-ACID 2 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIACONTANOL-(1) 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICIN 9 Petiole not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICIN 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICIN-5-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICIN-5-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIGLYCOSYL-CERAMIDE 0 Shoot not available 1.0 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
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bruchifuge 2 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist 2 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 24 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 2 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Candidistat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic 3 Science News, 146: 421.
Cardiac 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.
Cardiodepressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective 7 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cerebrotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chelator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue 1 Pharmazie, 46: 156, 1991.
Choleretic 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.
Cholinergic 2 Martindale's 28th