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Common Names
Almond
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCN | 9 | Seed | 120.0 | 70000.0 | 2.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Seed | 5580.0 | 5837.0 | -0.08 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| I-DECANOL | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IODINE | 12 | Seed | 0.1 | 0.2 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Seed | 35.0 | 60.0 | -0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Seed | 8660.0 | 9058.0 | -0.18 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Seed | 5890.0 | 6161.0 | 1.02 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| L-ARABINOSE | 0 | Gum | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LANTHANUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Seed | 50.0 | 52.0 | -0.51 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LEAD | 0 | Seed | 0.1 | 0.4 | -0.59 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Seed | 15520.0 | 16234.0 | -0.08 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 59500.0 | 136400.0 | 0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTETIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | 0.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LYSINE | 4 | Seed | 6660.0 | 6966.0 | -0.70 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Seed | 2297.0 | 3126.0 | 0.07 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Seed | 14.0 | 32.0 | -0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MERCURY | 1 | Seed | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MOLYBDENUM | 2 | Seed | not available | 0.3 | -0.80 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antitumor (Skin) | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Stomach) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor-Promoter | 5 | Cancer Research, 48: 5941. |
| Antitussive | 2 | Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators) |
| Antiulcer | 13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcerogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiuremic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiuricosuric | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Antivaccinia | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antivaginitic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antivertigo | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antivitiligic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antixerophthalmic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anxiolytic | 7 | Merck 11th Edition |
| AP-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aphrodisiac | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apifuge | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Apoptotic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |