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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
SFA 0 Fruit 270.0 1980.0 -0.34 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SODIUM 1 Fruit 10.0 88.0 -0.18 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SODIUM 1 Seed 18.0 19.0 -0.69 Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
SORBITOL 11 Plant *
SQUALENE 10 Seed 200.0 -0.10 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Fruit 30.0 220.0 -0.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Fruit *
SUCROSE 14 Fruit 14000.0 54000.0 -0.36 *
TANNIN 35 Fruit 600.0 1000.0 -0.90 *
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Fruit *
TERPINOLENE 9 Essential Oil *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.3 2.5 -0.36 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THIAMIN 31 Seed 1.5 -1.21 *
THREONINE 4 Fruit 470.0 3445.0 0.18 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TRANS-2-HEXENAL 4 Essential Oil *
TRANS-EPOXYDIHYDROLINALOL 0 Fruit *
TRANS-EPOXYDIHYDROLINALOOL 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit 150.0 1100.0 0.35 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE 8 Fruit 290.0 2125.0 -0.12 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VALINE 3 Fruit 470.0 3445.0 -0.21 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cicatrizant 1 *
Circulotonic 1 *
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 *
Co-carcinogenic 1 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing 2 *
Collagenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Collagenic 3 *
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 *
COMT-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
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 *