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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cancer-Preventive? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Candidicide | 9 | Martindale's 28th |
| Capillariprotective | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Carcinogenic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardioprotective? | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Cardiotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Catabolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Chemopreventive | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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. |