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

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Common Names

Avocado

How this plant is used

Food

Download these results as:

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
STEARIC-ACID	8	Fruit	120.0	4320.0	0.01	Duke, 1992 *
SUBAPHYLLIN	3	Plant	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.
TANNIN	35	Leaf	not available	47000.0	-0.78	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TARTARIC-ACID	6	Fruit	not available	200.0	-0.65	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	0.5	4.2	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Fruit	530.0	2565.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
TRIACOSANE	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.
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Fruit	170.0	816.0	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
TYRAMINE	11	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.
TYROSINE	8	Fruit	390.0	1904.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
VALERIC-ACID	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
VALINE	3	Fruit	970.0	3770.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAXANTHIN	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.
VIT-B-6	0	Fruit	not available	10.9	0.45	Duke, 1992 *
VIT-D	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
VOLEMITOL	1	Seed	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.
WATER	0	Fruit	716000.0	830000.0	0.26	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Fruit	4.0	16.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *

Download these results as:

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
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Vasoactive	1	Merck 11th Edition
Vasoconstrictor	3	Martindale's 29th
Vasodilator	10	Martindale's 29th
Vasopressor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasorelaxant	1	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vitamin-A-Activity	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).