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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
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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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).