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Plant Secale cereale (Poaceae)

Common Names
Rye

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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
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 3725.0 4225.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf not available 11500.0 -0.83 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 2500.0 5090.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Seed 14910.0 16745.0 1.06 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROTEIN 0 Leaf not available 73385.0 -1.38 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PROTEIN 0 Seed 120000.0 196500.0 -0.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PUFA 4 Seed 11150.0 12520.0 -0.71 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
RAFFINOSE 1 Seed not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 1.0 2.0 -0.58 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SERINE 1 Seed 6810.0 7645.0 -0.56 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SFA 0 Seed 2870.0 3225.0 -0.55 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SODIUM 1 Seed 45.0 70.0 -0.60 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 90.0 100.0 -0.56 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SULFUR 14 Seed 1460.0 1640.0 -0.51 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THIAMIN 31 Seed 3.0 3.0 -0.86 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THREONINE 4 Seed 5320.0 5975.0 -0.48 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TOCOPHEROLS 0 Seed not available 800.0 -0.09 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 1540.0 1730.0 -0.54 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE 8 Seed 3390.0 3800.0 -0.91 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VALINE 3 Seed 7470.0 8390.0 -0.45 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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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
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
Beta-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 13 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Carcinogenic 2 Science News, 146: 421.
Cardioprotective 5 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Collagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Comedogenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Cosmetic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Dermatitigenic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 Duke, 1992 *