Plant Prunus armeniaca (Rosaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Apricot

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
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
NIACIN	39	Fruit	6.0	61.0	0.00	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NIACIN	39	Seed	not available	17.0	-0.77	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Fruit	170.0	1245.0	-0.47	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	248000.0	411200.0	2.40	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Fruit	240.0	1760.0	-0.34	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANGAMIC-ACID	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.
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Fruit	2.4	17.6	-0.03	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHENYLALANINE	7	Fruit	520.0	3810.0	0.17	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	180.0	2982.0	-0.07	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	not available	3000.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Fruit	180.0	1320.0	0.48	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
POLYPHENOLS	30	Fruit	not available	5000.0	-1.24	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	2824.0	22565.0	0.41	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	4180.0	7783.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDINS	34	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
PROLINE	0	Fruit	1010.0	7400.0	0.93	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	2	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidifier	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acnegenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Additive	2	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	13	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelochemic	6	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.
Allelopathic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic	13	Martindale's 29th
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *