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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
MAGNESIUM 65 Plant 1100.0 2200.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY 1 Seed not available 0.2 0.30 Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MOMILACTONE-A 0 Petiole not available 4.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MOMILACTONE-B 0 Petiole not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MOMILACTONE-C 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MONOGLYCOSYL-CERAMIDE 0 Shoot not available 250.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRICYL-CEROTATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NAPHTHALINE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOCARLINOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOSCHAFTOSIDE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOXANTHIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Seed 40.0 65.0 0.66 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Seed not available 1.6 -0.60 Duke, 1992 *
NICOTIANAMINE 1 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 4500.0 8100.0 -0.91 Duke, 1992 *
ORYZABRANS 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ORYZALEXIN-A 0 Leaf 1.0 1.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
ORYZALEXIN-B 0 Leaf not available 0.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
ORYZALEXIN-C 0 Leaf not available 5.4 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
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Anticancer (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 1 Wealth of India.
Anticarpal-Tunnel 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antichoreic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic 2 Duke, 1992 *