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Common Names
Macadamia
How this plant is used
Food
| 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) |
| 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. |