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Plant Prunus armeniaca (Rosaceae)

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
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 11 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 2 Martindale's 28th
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacid 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacromegalic (biphasic) 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiaflatoxin 3 Duke, 1992 *