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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
Antiflu 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antigonadotropic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigranular 1 *
Antihemolytic 1 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihepatoadenomic 1 *
Antihepatotoxic 3 *
Antiherpetic 2 *
Antihistaminic 2 *
AntiHIV 1 *
Antihypercholesterolemic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperthyroid 1 *
Antiinflammatory 6 *
AntiLegionella 1 *
Antileukemic 4 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antileukotriene 1 *
Antileukotriene-D4 2 *
Antimelanogenic 1 *
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimitotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiMS 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.