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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 10000.0 127000.0 0.23 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROTEIN 0 Seed not available 315000.0 0.72 Duke, 1992 *
PUFA 4 Fruit 770.0 5640.0 -0.44 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
QUERCETIN 176 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITIN-3-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITIN-3-GALACTOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITIN-3-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITIN-3-RUTINOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN 44 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINIC-ACID 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.4 4.4 -0.13 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed not available 5.3 0.68 Duke, 1992 *
RUBIXANTHIN 1 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.
RUTIN 87 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Leaf not available 17700.0 0.09 Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES 7 Fruit 10.0 260.0 0.41 Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Fruit 830.0 6080.0 0.86 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
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
Atherogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Autotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bacteristat 2 Duke, 1992 *
Barbituate-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Bitter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchoprotectant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchosedative 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchiphobe 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 4 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Inhibitor 1 Schussler, M., Fricke, U., Nikolov, N., and Holzl, J. 1991. Comparison of the Flavonoids Occurring in Crataegus species and Inhibition of 3',5'-Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate Phosphodiesterase. Plant Medica 57: Suppl Issue 2. p.A-133.
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *