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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Hemolytic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Hemostat | 2 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Hemostatic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatomagenic | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotropic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Herbicide | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Histamine-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIV-RT-Inhibitor | 2 | Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991. |
| Hydrocholerectic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 4 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Hyperglycemic | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Hypertensive | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Hyperthyroid | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypnotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypoammonemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypoarginanemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |