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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Prunus armeniaca (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Apricot
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Fruit *
VIT-B-6 0 Fruit 0.5 4.0 -0.71 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER 0 Fruit 963500.0 0.84 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
XYLOSE 3 Plant *
ZINC 77 Seed 2.0 38.0 -0.20 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimelanogenic 2 *
Antimelanomic 3 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 6 Martindale's 29th
Antimenorrhagic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 3 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach) 1 *
Antimigraine 5 Martindale's 29th
Antimite 1 *
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 *
Antimorphinic 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiMS 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 15 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyelotoxic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antimyocarditic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinauseant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephritic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephrolytic 1 *
Antineuralgic 2 *
Antineuramidase 1 *