Common Names
Avocado
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 |
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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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Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 3 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
Retinoprotectant Optometry | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Roborant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
Rubefacient | 1 | Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253. |
Schizophrenigenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Secretogogue | 1 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
Secretolytic | 1 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
Sedative | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Sequestrant | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
Serotoninergic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Soap | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Spasmogenic | 1 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
Spermicide | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
Spermigenic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Succinic-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor | 1 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
Sunscreen | 2 | Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993. |
Suppository | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Sweetener | 3 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
Sympathomimetic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
Teratogenic | 2 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |