Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Salvia sp. (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Chia

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Seed 306.0 -0.48 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 67.
FAT 0 Seed 228000.0 360000.0 0.50 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Seed 2136.0 2.45 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 67.
GENTISIC-ACID 8 Seed 22.0 1.18 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 67.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 34885.0 169200.0 0.53 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed 14365.0 252000.0 3.82 *
MUCILAGE 3 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 230.0 360.0 -0.29 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 15600.0 76680.0 -0.35 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Seed 19.0 -0.49 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 67.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 11855.0 35640.0 0.04 *
PALMITOLIC-ACID 0 Seed Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 68.
PROTEIN 0 Seed 175000.0 -0.52 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 6610.0 58320.0 0.70 *
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 Seed 25.0 -0.58 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 67.
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Seed 69.0 1.27 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 67.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allelopathic 4 (View) Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 2 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 3 (View) *
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *
Anthelmintic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacne 1 (View) *
Antiadenoviral 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiaggregant 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging 1 (View) *
Antiallergic 1 (View) Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antialopecic 3 (View) *
Antianaphylactic 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 3 (View) *
Antiarrhythmic 1 (View) *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 (View) *
Antiarthritic 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiatherogenic 1 (View) *