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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Macadamia spp (Proteaceae)

Common Names
Macadamia
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PROTEACIN 0 Seed Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PROTEIN 0 Seed 75500.0 92000.0 -1.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PUFA 4 Seed 12710.0 13075.0 -0.71 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 1.0 -0.97 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SALICYLATES 7 Seed 5.0 6.0 -0.31 *
SERINE 1 Seed 3510.0 3610.0 -1.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SFA 0 Seed 110370.0 113525.0 0.54 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SODIUM 1 Seed 50.0 -0.64 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 23560.0 27810.0 0.04 *
THIAMIN 31 Seed 3.0 4.0 -0.62 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THREONINE 4 Seed 2630.0 2705.0 -1.22 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE 8 Seed 3370.0 3465.0 -0.99 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VALINE 3 Seed 3210.0 3300.0 -1.07 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER 0 Seed 28800.0 31000.0 -0.75 *
ZINC 77 Seed 17.0 18.0 -0.77 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) 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
Allelochemic 1 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 4 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 3 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 2 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *
Antiacid 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 4 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 (View) *
AntiADD 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
AntiAGE 1 (View) 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
Antiaggregant 3 (View) *
Antiaging 2 (View) *