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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
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)
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antianxiety 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaphthic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiapoplectic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 28 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticalculic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 10 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Bladder) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 3 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Duke, 1992 *