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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
ALANINE 3 Seed 7110.0 7985.0 -0.46 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARGININE 14 Seed 8130.0 9130.0 -0.66 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASH 0 Seed not available 54750.0 0.21 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASH 0 Seed 18000.0 24650.0 -0.70 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 11770.0 13215.0 -0.83 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CALCIUM 28 Seed 315.0 685.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf not available 848850.0 1.88 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 697600.0 824720.0 1.20 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Seed 4.0 5.0 -0.89 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CYSTINE 2 Seed 3290.0 3695.0 0.38 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FAT 0 Leaf not available 23000.0 -0.67 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FAT 0 Seed 14000.0 40425.0 -1.18 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FIBER 15 Leaf not available 400000.0 2.95 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FIBER 15 Seed 15000.0 20470.0 -0.90 Duke, 1992 *
GADOLEIC-ACID 0 Seed 130.0 145.0 -0.71 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 36610.0 41110.0 -0.03 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCINE 12 Seed 7010.0 7870.0 -0.45 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 3670.0 4120.0 -0.53 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
IODINE 12 Seed 0.1 0.1 -0.27 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
IRON 6 Seed 25.0 54.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
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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
Diuretic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Emetic 1 Martindale's 29th
Ergogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Essential 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Fibrinolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Flatugenic 1 Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994.
FLavor 6 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Goitrogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hepatoprotective 3 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypercholesterolemic 2 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypertensive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hyperthyroid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypnotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic 9 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.