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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
Nematicide 3 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 2 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
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 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide 6 *
Phagocytotic 1 *
Preservative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Prooxidant 1 *
Propecic 4 *
Prostaglandigenic 3 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 2 *
Sedative 1 *
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sunscreen 2 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tumorigenic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Ubiquiot 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uterosedative 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Vulnerary 1 *