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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
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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cicatrizant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 3 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Co-carcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing 2 Duke, 1992 *
Collagenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Collyrium 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Colorant 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
COMT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Copper-Chelator 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *