Plant Prunus dulcis (Rosaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Almond

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
MUCILAGE	3	Seed	20000.0	40000.0	-0.99	Duke, 1992 *
MUFA	13	Seed	339020.0	354615.0	1.77	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed	2980.0	3117.0	-0.26	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NIACIN	39	Seed	26.0	63.0	0.60	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NICKEL	3	Seed	1.2	1.6	-0.60	Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
NITROGEN	0	Seed	3700.0	4315.0	-1.64	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	231000.0	478170.0	2.95	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Seed	not available	4073.0	0.16	Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	19950.0	48980.0	0.31	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Seed	3040.0	3180.0	-0.22	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Seed	4.0	5.0	-1.23	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PENTOSANS	0	Seed	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.
PHENETHYLAMINE	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PHENYL-ETHYL-ALCOHOL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLACETIC-ACID	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Seed	11130.0	11642.0	0.01	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	4420.0	8735.0	0.89	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTATE	0	Seed	12800.0	13640.0	0.15	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIC-ACID	9	Seed	not available	3624.0	-1.07	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Acnegenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	8	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	2	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic	2	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).