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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
PHYTIN-PHOSPHORUS 0 Seed 211.0 2235.0 0.69 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOCEREBROSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Plant 12000.0 12600.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 1000.0 2431.0 -0.89 Duke, 1992 *
PRIMULIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROPANAL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Hay not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Plant 34000.0 45000.0 -1.05 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 58000.0 85000.0 -1.32 Duke, 1992 *
PYRIDOXINE 43 Seed 4.0 10.0 0.97 Duke, 1992 *
QUINIC-ACID 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOGALACTURONAN-I 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 0.5 0.7 -1.08 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOTIDE-CIS-ZEATIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOTIDE-TRANS-ZEATIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SATIVIC-ACID 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCHAFTOSIDE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SHIKIMIC-ACID 14 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILICA 0 Plant not available 140000.0 1.34 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.