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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiplaque 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiPMS 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipoliomyelitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolyneuritic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiprostatitic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antipruritic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipyretic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinopathic 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
Antiretinotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *