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Plant Secale cereale (Poaceae)

Common Names
Rye
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 5490.0 6165.0 -0.55 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 3350.0 3760.0 -0.86 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEUCINE 2 Seed 9800.0 11000.0 -0.58 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 9580.0 10760.0 -0.83 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed 1570.0 1765.0 -0.55 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LYSINE 4 Seed 6050.0 6795.0 -0.72 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 1185.0 1740.0 -0.48 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MANGANESE 14 Seed 25.0 30.0 -0.29 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHIONINE 15 Seed 2480.0 2785.0 -0.40 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MUFA 13 Seed 3030.0 3400.0 -0.77 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 30.0 35.0 -0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NIACIN 39 Seed 10.0 111.0 2.04 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 2800.0 3145.0 -0.95 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 2710.0 3045.0 -0.64 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed 100.0 110.0 -0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Seed 10.0 11.0 -0.60 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PECTINS 0 Seed not available 11300.0 0.89 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PENTOSANS 0 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.
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 6740.0 7570.0 -0.47 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf not available 1970.0 -0.55 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiphotophobic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiplaque 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiPMS 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antipoliomyelitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipolyneuritic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiprostaglandin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatitic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antipruritic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsychotic 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiRaynaud's 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinopathic 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
Antirheumatic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antirheumatitic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiscoliotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiseptic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antisickling 2 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.