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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
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 *
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
Neurotoxic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ophthalmic-Antialkali 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osmoregulator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Ovulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Parasiticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Parasympathomimetic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 4 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide 31 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phytoalexin 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Pigment 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PKC-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Poultice 1 Martindale's 29th
Preservative 2 Merck 11th Edition
Progesteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.