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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 | not available | 306.0 | -0.48 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 67. |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 228000.0 | 360000.0 | 0.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Seed | not available | 2136.0 | 2.45 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 67. |
| GENTISIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | not available | 22.0 | 1.18 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 67. |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 34885.0 | 169200.0 | 0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 14365.0 | 252000.0 | 3.82 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 15600.0 | 76680.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Seed | not available | 19.0 | -0.49 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 67. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | 11855.0 | 35640.0 | 0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITOLIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 68. |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | not available | 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SYRINGIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | not available | 25.0 | -0.58 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 67. |
| VANILLIC-ACID | 24 | Seed | not available | 69.0 | 1.27 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 67. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 3 | 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 | 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Analgesic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anemiagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anthelmintic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiacne | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadenoviral | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antiaggregant | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiaging | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiallergic | 1 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Antialopecic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianaphylactic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiandrogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarrhythmic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarteriosclerotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiatherogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |