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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Prunus dulcis (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Almond
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
1-DECANOL 1 Flower *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL 0 Seed Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ALANINE 3 Seed 9430.0 9864.0 -0.06 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALDOBIOURONIC-ACID 0 Plant *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Seed 3740.0 3912.0 -0.25 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Seed 150.0 275.0 0.14 *
ALUMINUM 5 Seed 3.0 10.0 -0.35 *
AMYGDALIN 8 Seed 2000.0 85000.0 1.42 *
ANTIMONY 0 Seed 0.1 -0.17 *
ARABINOGALACTANS 0 Seed *
ARGININE 14 Seed 24950.0 26098.0 0.06 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARSENIC 2 Seed 0.0 -0.62 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 0.0 13.0 -0.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASH 0 Seed 21000.0 33022.0 -0.45 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 23490.0 24571.0 0.18 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BARIUM 0 Seed 2.6 -0.28 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Seed 8200.0 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 0.0 0.1 -0.43 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed 1220.0 1230.0 -0.16 *
BORON 4 Seed 8.0 38.0 0.66 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Aromatase-Inhibitor 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Ascaricide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
Atherogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
ATPase-Inhibitor 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat 1 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 *
Beta-Blocker 2 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Bitter 1 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchosedative 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 4 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 2 *
Cancer-Preventive 31 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.