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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
GERANIOL 35 Essential Oil *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit 32000.0 48000.0 -0.39 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 1570.0 11500.0 -0.14 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 400.0 2930.0 -0.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCOSIDES 0 Fruit 150.0 -1.00 *
GLYCOSIDES 0 Leaf 29000.0 36000.0 1.40 *
HCN 9 Seed 2000.0 2920.0 -0.28 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit 270.0 1980.0 0.19 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HYPEROSIDE 30 Fruit *
INVERTASE 0 Fruit *
IODINE 12 Fruit 0.1 -0.29 *
IRON 6 Fruit 5.0 79.0 -0.21 *
IRON 6 Seed 42.0 48.0 -0.48 Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
ISOBUTYRIC-ACID 2 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 410.0 3000.0 -0.19 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
KAEMPFEROL 75 Fruit *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GALACTOSIDE 0 Fruit *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GALACTOSIDE 0 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Herbicide 3 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 *
Histaminic 1 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 2 Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Humectant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Hypercholesterolemic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hyperthyroid 1 *
Hypnotic 2 Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic 15 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 10 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 2 *
Hypotensive 12 *
Hypothermic 2 *
Hypouricemic 1 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 *