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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Protisticide | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Psychotropic | 2 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| PTK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Purgative | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Radioprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Refrigerant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Respirastimulant | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Retinoprotectant Optometry | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Roborant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Rodenticide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Schizophrenigenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Sedative | 10 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Sequestrant | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Serotoninergic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Sialogogue | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Soap | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Spasmolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Spermicide | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Spermigenic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |