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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
IRON 6 Seed 14.0 85.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
ISOARBORINOL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOCERYL-ISOCEROTATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOEUGENOL 16 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Hay not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOSCOPARIN-2'-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOSCOPARIN-2'-GLUCOSIDE-6''-FERULIC-ESTER 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOSCOPARIN-2'-GLUCOSIDE-6''-P-COUMARIC-ESTER 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KERACYANIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 3410.0 4100.0 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
LEAD 0 Seed not available 0.9 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
LECITHIN 20 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Hay not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIGNIN 13 Plant 45000.0 255300.0 0.69 Duke, 1992 *
LIGNOCERIC-ACID 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 6600.0 11880.0 -0.82 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Hay not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSOLECITHIN 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 7 Duke, 1992 *
Immunosuppressant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge 6 Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.
Insectiphile 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulin-Sparing 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Insulinogenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Interferon-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant 3 Merck 11th Edition
Keratolytic 2 Martindale's 28th
Laxative 6 Duke, 1992 *
Lipotropic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Litholytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lubricant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.