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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
D-XYLOSE 0 Gum *
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DIOLEOLINOLEIN 0 Seed Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
EMULSIN 0 Seed Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
EO 0 Seed 5000.0 18000.0 -0.32 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
EUGENOL 76 Flower *
EUROPIUM 0 Seed 0.1 1.47 *
FAT 0 Seed 350000.0 621000.0 1.87 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant *
FIBER 15 Seed 18000.0 32000.0 -0.81 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FLUORINE 0 Seed 1.3 -0.28 *
FOLACIN 15 Seed 1.0 -0.66 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FOLIC-ACID 23 Seed 0.5 -0.36 *
GADOLEIC-ACID 0 Seed 500.0 523.0 -0.65 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL 14 Seed 5.0 -0.72 *
GERANIOL 35 Flower *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 59340.0 62070.0 0.86 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCINE 12 Seed 12360.0 12929.0 0.29 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GOLD 3 Seed 0.0 -0.54 *
HAFNIUM 0 Seed 0.0 -1.25 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cancer-Preventive? 1 *
Candidicide 9 Martindale's 28th
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 5 *
Carcinogenic? 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardiac 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.
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 11 *
Cardioprotective? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardiotonic 1 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Carminative 1 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Catabolic 1 *
Chemopreventive 3 *
Cholagogue 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 8 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Circulotonic 2 *
Clastogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.