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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Seed | 1.1 | 1.3 | -0.85 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUBIDIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 22.0 | 0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SAMARIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | 0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCANDIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILICON | 4 | Seed | not available | 200.0 | -0.84 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Seed | 0.0 | 31.0 | -0.67 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STRONTIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 2.5 | -0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SULFUR | 14 | Seed | not available | 800.0 | -0.98 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANTALUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | 1.79 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Seed | 7.2 | 8.9 | 0.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THORIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | -1.08 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TIN | 4 | Seed | not available | 1.8 | -0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TITANIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 2.8 | -0.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TUNGSTEN | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | -0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VANADIUM | 16 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VIT-B-6 | 0 | Seed | 1.8 | 2.0 | -1.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Seed | 30000.0 | 50540.0 | -0.68 | Duke, 1992 * |
| YTTERBIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.34 | 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 |