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Common Names
Almond
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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 * |