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Plant Sesamum indicum (Pedaliaceae)

Common Names
Sesame; Benneseed; Beni; Ajonjoli (Sp.); Sesamo (Sp.)
How this plant is used
Food

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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
NONANAL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
O-COUMARIC-ACID 4 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
O-COUMARIC-ACID 4 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OBTUSIFOLIOL 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTANAL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 114800.0 284544.0 1.36 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed Oil not available 500000.0 0.93 Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-METHOXY-PHENOL 1 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PABA 10 Seed not available 0.7 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 25584.0 54144.0 0.42 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed Oil not available 120000.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed 1490.0 1563.0 -0.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed Oil not available 5000.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Seed 0.5 10.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
PEDALIIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
PEDALIIN 0 Seed not available 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PEDALIN 0 Leaf not available 3000.0 not available 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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 7 Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acnegenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 7 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 4 Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 11 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 12 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 2 Duke, 1992 *