Common Names
Avocado
How this plant is used
Food
Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
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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 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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Hepatotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Herbicide | 2 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
Histamine-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
HIV-RT-Inhibitor | 1 | Nakane, H., Fukushima, M., and Ono*, K. Differential Inhibition Of Reverse Transcriptase And Various DNA Polymerases By Digallic Acid And Its Derivatives. Journal of Natural Products, 53(5): 1234-1240, 1990. |
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Hypercholesterolemic | 1 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
Hyperglycemic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
Hypertensive | 3 | Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp. |
Hypnotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Hypoammonemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Hypoarginanemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Hypocholesterolemic | 16 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Hypoglycemic | 9 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
Hypolipidemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Hypotensive | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
Hypothermic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Immunomodulator | 6 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
Immunostimulant | 8 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124. |
Immunosuppressant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |