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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
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Seed 1430.0 1490.0 -0.24 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 4538.0 8560.0 -0.35 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROLINE 0 Seed 12550.0 13127.0 0.35 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROTEIN 0 Seed 176000.0 350000.0 1.03 *
PRUNASIN 2 Seed 50.0 *
PUFA 4 Seed 109570.0 114610.0 0.07 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
QUERCETIN 176 Plant *
QUERCITRIN 44 Leaf *
RAFFINOSE 1 Seed Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 1.6 9.7 2.37 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
RUBIDIUM 0 Seed 5.0 13.0 -0.28 *
SALICYLATES 7 Seed 28.0 30.0 -0.18 *
SAMARIUM 0 Seed 0.1 2.79 *
SCANDIUM 0 Seed 0.0 -0.41 *
SELENIUM 60 Seed 0.0 0.1 -0.26 *
SERINE 1 Seed 9010.0 9424.0 -0.22 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SFA 0 Seed 49490.0 51765.0 -0.07 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SILICON 4 Seed 960.0 0.35 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 20.0 147.0 -0.48 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STACHYOSE 1 Seed Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
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List of plant activities.
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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 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing 1 *
Collagenic 2 *
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 *
COMT-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
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 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 6 *
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.