Plant Persea americana (Lauraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Avocado

How this plant is used

Food

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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
MAGNESIUM	65	Fruit	370.0	1740.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Fruit	2.0	10.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Fruit	290.0	1438.0	0.59	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-CHAVICOL	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MUFA	13	Fruit	96080.0	373400.0	5.18	Duke, 1992 *
MYO-INOSITOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
N-CAFFEOYLPUTRESCINE	0	Flower	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.
NIACIN	39	Fruit	14.0	101.0	0.54	Duke, 1992 *
NONACOSANE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
OLEIC-ACID	18	Fruit	27450.0	691200.0	4.85	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARYL-QUINIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Fruit	4270.0	266000.0	3.78	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Fruit	6430.0	25000.0	4.22	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Fruit	8.0	37.7	1.25	Duke, 1992 *
PARAFFIN	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PENTACOSANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PERSEITOL	0	Seed	not available	89000.0	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PHENYLALANINE	7	Fruit	540.0	2643.0	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Plant	260.0	3030.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Antiinsomnic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antikeratitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiketotic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antilactagogue	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiLegionella	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	2	Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	5	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.