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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.
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
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
Diagnostic 1 Martindale's 28th
Diaphoretic? 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Diuretic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Dopaminergic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition
Emetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Emollient 1 Martindale's 29th
Epidermal-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Essential 7 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Fatal 1 Martindale's 29th
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Fibrinolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Flatugenic 1 Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994.
FLavor 8 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 5 Duke, 1992 *
Fungistat 2 Laekeman, G.M., Van Hoof, L., Haemers, A., Vanden Berghe, D.A., Herman, A.G., and Vlietinck, A.J. Eugenol a Valuable Compound for In Vitro Experimental Research and Worthwhile for Further In Vivo Investigation. Phytotherapy Research 4(3): 93, 1990.
Gastroprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionergic 1 Duke, 1992 *