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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
ALANINE 3 Seed 3290.0 3385.0 -1.44 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed 17135.0 20925.0 1.39 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ARGININE 14 Seed 8990.0 9250.0 -0.65 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed not available 0.0 -0.34 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Seed 12400.0 17000.0 -0.93 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 8270.0 8500.0 -1.25 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Seed 2140.0 5425.0 -0.17 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed not available 0.0 -0.43 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CALCIUM 28 Seed 355.0 1075.0 -0.56 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 137300.0 159000.0 -1.45 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Seed 2.0 3.0 -1.07 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CYANIDIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Seed 960.0 985.0 -1.51 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
DHURRIN 1 Leaf 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.
EICOSENOIC-ACID 0 Seed 15000.0 24025.0 0.63 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FAT 0 Seed 714000.0 775000.0 2.68 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Seed 25000.0 67150.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
GADOLEIC-ACID 0 Seed 10470.0 10770.0 0.89 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 17820.0 18330.0 -0.99 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCINE 12 Seed 3710.0 3815.0 -1.03 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Dermatitigenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Emetic 1 Martindale's 29th
Ergogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Essential 7 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Fibrinolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor 6 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Gastroprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hepatoprotective 3 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypercholesterolemic 3 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hyperglycemic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Hypertensive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.