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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 *
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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
Glutathionigenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemostat 1 Martindale's 29th
Hemostatic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hepatoprotective 8 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 1 Angewandte Botanik 68(5/6)=1994. Page 195.
Herbistat 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperuricemic 1 Martindale's 28th
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic 17 Duke, 1992 *
Hypoglycemic 5 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 6 Duke, 1992 *