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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Macadamia spp (Proteaceae)

Common Names
Macadamia
How this plant is used
Food

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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 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 *
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 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 *
COPPER 12 Seed 2.0 3.0 -1.07 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CYANIDIN 7 Plant *
CYSTINE 2 Seed 960.0 985.0 -1.51 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
DHURRIN 1 Leaf 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 *
FIBER 15 Seed 25000.0 67150.0 -0.53 *
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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Monoamine-Precursor 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
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
Myorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Nematicide 3 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective 1 *
Neurotoxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 1 *
NO-Genic 1 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Percutaneostimulant 2 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 3 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide 5 *
Phagocytotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).