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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SQUALENE | 10 | Seed | not available | 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 | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Fruit | 14000.0 | 54000.0 | -0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNIN | 35 | Fruit | 600.0 | 1000.0 | -0.90 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TARTARIC-ACID | 6 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Fruit | 0.3 | 2.5 | -0.36 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Seed | not available | 1.5 | -1.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | Fruit | 470.0 | 3445.0 | 0.18 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| TRANS-2-HEXENAL | 4 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-EPOXYDIHYDROLINALOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-EPOXYDIHYDROLINALOOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | 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) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Metastatic | 1 | Science News, 146: 421. |
| MMP-9-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Monoamine-Precursor | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Mosquitofuge | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Motor-Depressant | 2 | Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC |
| Mucogenic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Mucolytic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Mutagenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mycobactericide | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myoprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myorelaxant | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Natriuretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nematicide | 6 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Neoplastic | 1 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| NEP-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neuroexcitant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Neuroinhibitor | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Neuroprotective | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neurotoxic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |