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

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
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 370.0 1740.0 -0.18 *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 2.0 10.0 -0.34 *
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 290.0 1438.0 0.59 *
METHYL-CHAVICOL 6 Leaf 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 *
MYO-INOSITOL 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
N-CAFFEOYLPUTRESCINE 0 Flower 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 *
NONACOSANE 2 Fruit 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 *
P-COUMARYL-QUINIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 4270.0 266000.0 3.78 *
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 *
PARAFFIN 4 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PENTACOSANE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PERSEITOL 0 Seed 89000.0 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 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Plant 260.0 3030.0 -0.27 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiatherosclerotic 9 *
Antiautistic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 12 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antiberiberi 1 *
AntiBPH 1 *
Anticancer 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticancer (Breast) 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.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 *
Anticancer (Colon) 1 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 *
Anticancer (Liver) 2 *
Anticancer (Lung) 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Skin) 2 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinogenic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic 1 *
Anticariogenic 2 *