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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
ESTERASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Plant 9000.0 15000.0 -0.54 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 15000.0 27000.0 -1.26 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Plant 334000.0 350000.0 0.94 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Seed 8000.0 121000.0 -0.11 Duke, 1992 *
FURFURAL 6 Petiole 90000.0 100000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-SITOSTEROL 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL 14 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Seed 14500.0 26500.0 0.10 Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOTRICIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Hay not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUANIDINE 6 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUANINE 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXANAL 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOL 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPOXANTHINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID-MYOINOSITOL 0 Seed not available 4.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
INEKETONE 0 Petiole not available 0.0 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
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.