Plant Prunus dulcis (Rosaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Almond

How this plant is used

Food

Download these results as:

List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
1-DECANOL	1	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Seed	3.0	10.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
AMYGDALIN	8	Seed	2000.0	85000.0	1.42	Duke, 1992 *
ANTIMONY	0	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOGALACTANS	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Seed	24950.0	26098.0	0.06	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARSENIC	2	Seed	not available	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	not available	2.6	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Seed	not available	8200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Seed	8.0	38.0	0.66	Duke, 1992 *

Download these results as:

CSV

EXCEL

PDF

List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
CNS-Depressant	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Paralytic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant	1	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Co-carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Collyrium	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Colorant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
COMT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive	1	Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Copper-Chelator	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
Cyanogenic	2	Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Cyclooxygenase-Activator	1	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.