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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
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 480.0 3515.0 -0.22 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 770.0 5640.0 0.11 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LIMONENE 60 Essential Oil *
LINALOL 0 Fruit *
LINALOOL 53 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 770.0 5640.0 -0.28 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 56000.0 411200.0 2.61 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LUTEIN 15 Fruit Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
LYCOPENE 16 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LYSINE 4 Fruit 970.0 7105.0 0.77 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
M-INOSITOL 0 Plant *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 76.0 615.0 -0.70 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 1750.0 -0.47 Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit 7000.0 22000.0 0.48 *
MANGANESE 14 Seed 1.0 11.0 -0.53 *
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 60.0 440.0 -0.64 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MUFA 13 Fruit 170.0 1245.0 -0.24 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRCENE 22 Essential Oil *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihematuric 1 *
Antihemolytic 2 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 1 *
Antihepatitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic 1 *
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 11 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 9 *
Antiherpetic? 1 *
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 10 *
AntiHIV 6 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihomocystinuric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.