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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
ALPHA-GLUCAN 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMYLOSE 0 Seed 0.0 131075.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
ANTHERAXANTHIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Seed not available 0.2 1.60 Duke, 1992 *
ARUNDOIN 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Plant 75000.0 185800.0 1.17 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed 7000.0 57000.0 0.27 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE 2 Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Hay not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CYCLOORYSTENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTANAL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM 3 Seed not available 0.2 -0.26 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
Antiandrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antianginal 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianxiety 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiataxic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiatherosclerotic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiautistic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 12 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibiotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticancer 6 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 2 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.