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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BROMINE 0 Seed 20.0 0.32 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
CADMIUM 3 Seed 0.0 0.0 -0.34 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 2426.0 2962.0 -0.22 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Seed Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CAMPESTEROL 2 Seed 50.0 -0.52 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CAPROIC-ACID 1 Flower *
CARBOHYDRATE 0 Seed 129000.0 243000.0 -1.16 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 204000.0 213284.0 -1.23 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CESIUM 0 Seed 0.1 -0.34 *
CHLORINE 7 Seed 28.0 -0.68 *
CHROMIUM 24 Seed 0.1 1.7 -0.43 *
CITROSTADIENOL 1 Seed Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
COBALT 2 Seed 0.1 0.2 -0.20 *
COPPER 12 Seed 1.0 11.0 -0.35 *
CRESOL 5 Flower *
CYANIDIN 7 Leaf *
CYSTINE 2 Seed 3580.0 3745.0 0.41 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
D-GALACTOSE 0 Gum *
D-GLUCURONIC-ACID 0 Gum *
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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 *
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 *
Hepatotonic 1 *
Hepatotoxic 1 *
Hepatotropic 2 *
Herbicide 3 *
Histamine-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
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