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Common Names
Pecan
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,4-DIHYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Seed | not available | 11.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANTIMONY | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.2 | 1.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARACHIDIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARSENIC | 2 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Seed | 20.0 | 21.0 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Seed | 16000.0 | 17000.0 | -0.93 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AZALEATIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AZALEATIN-3-ARABINOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AZALEATIN-3-RUTINOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BARIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 14.0 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Seed | 0.1 | 0.8 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORON | 4 | Seed | 6.5 | 7.6 | -0.78 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BROMINE | 0 | Seed | not available | 1.5 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CADMIUM | 3 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Seed | 618.0 | 763.0 | -0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPROLIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Seed | 130000.0 | 191637.0 | -1.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYATIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYATIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Immunomodulator | 7 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Immunostimulant | 6 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Immunosuppressant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Insectifuge | 3 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Insulin-Sparing | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Insulinogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interferon-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interferonogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Irritant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Keratolytic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Laxative | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Leptingenic | 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 |
| Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 1 | Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690. |
| Lithogenic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Litholytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lubricant | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Memorigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Metastatic | 1 | Science News, 146: 421. |
| Mucogenic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Mucolytic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |