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Common Names
Sesame; Benneseed; Beni; Ajonjoli (Sp.); Sesamo (Sp.)
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CYSTINE | 2 | Seed | 2380.0 | 5494.0 | 1.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECAFFEOYL-VERBASCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | 201.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-AVENASTEROL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-TOCOPHEROL | 4 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIACETYL | 2 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EPIASARININ | 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. |
| EPISESAMIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EPISESAMINOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESCULENTIC-ACID | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Leaf | not available | 48000.0 | -0.17 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 328000.0 | 576321.0 | 1.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FATTY-ACIDS | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Leaf | not available | 166000.0 | 0.06 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | 27100.0 | 67000.0 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FOLACIN | 15 | Seed | 1.0 | 1.0 | -0.66 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| FOLIC-ACID | 23 | Seed | not available | 0.2 | -0.36 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| FURFURYL-ALCOHOL | 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. |
| GADOLEIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 700.0 | 734.0 | -0.62 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiatherogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 7 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiautistic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antibacterial | 22 | Merck 10th Edition. |
| Antiberiberi | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiBPH | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Colon) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Forestomach) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Liver) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Skin) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticanker | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticarcinogenic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Anticarcinomic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticardiospasmic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticariogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |