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Plant Macadamia spp (Proteaceae)

Common Names
Macadamia
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
PROTEACIN 0 Seed not available not available not available 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 not available 1.0 -0.97 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SALICYLATES 7 Seed 5.0 6.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
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 not available 50.0 -0.64 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 23560.0 27810.0 0.04 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 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
Allelochemic 1 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 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 3 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 2 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacid 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiAGE 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
Antiaggregant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 2 Duke, 1992 *