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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
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 10000.0 127000.0 0.23 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROTEIN 0 Seed 315000.0 0.72 *
PUFA 4 Fruit 770.0 5640.0 -0.44 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
QUERCETIN 176 Fruit *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant *
QUERCITIN 0 Fruit *
QUERCITIN-3-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit *
QUERCITIN-3-GALACTOSIDE 0 Plant *
QUERCITIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
QUERCITIN-3-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Plant *
QUERCITIN-3-RUTINOSIDE 0 Plant *
QUERCITRIN 44 Fruit *
QUINIC-ACID 1 Fruit *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.4 4.4 -0.13 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 5.3 0.68 *
RUBIXANTHIN 1 Plant 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 *
RUTIN 87 Leaf 17700.0 0.09 *
SALICYLATES 7 Fruit 10.0 260.0 0.41 *
SERINE 1 Fruit 830.0 6080.0 0.86 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
COX-2-Inhibitor 4 *
Culicide 1 *
Cyanogenic 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Cyclooxygenase-Activator 2 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 4 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytoprotective 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deodorant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Detoxicant 3 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diagnostic 1 Martindale's 28th
Diaphoretic 1 *
Diaphoretic? 3 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 *
Disinfectant 1 Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 13 *