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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Seed | 20000.0 | 40000.0 | -0.99 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUFA | 13 | Seed | 339020.0 | 354615.0 | 1.77 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | 2980.0 | 3117.0 | -0.26 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| NIACIN | 39 | Seed | 26.0 | 63.0 | 0.60 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| NICKEL | 3 | Seed | 1.2 | 1.6 | -0.60 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| NITROGEN | 0 | Seed | 3700.0 | 4315.0 | -1.64 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 231000.0 | 478170.0 | 2.95 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OXALIC-ACID | 9 | Seed | not available | 4073.0 | 0.16 | Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp. |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | 19950.0 | 48980.0 | 0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITOLEIC-ACID | 2 | Seed | 3040.0 | 3180.0 | -0.22 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PANTOTHENIC-ACID | 11 | Seed | 4.0 | 5.0 | -1.23 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PENTOSANS | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| PHENETHYLAMINE | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| PHENYL-ETHYL-ALCOHOL | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLACETIC-ACID | 2 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Seed | 11130.0 | 11642.0 | 0.01 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Seed | 4420.0 | 8735.0 | 0.89 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTATE | 0 | Seed | 12800.0 | 13640.0 | 0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTIC-ACID | 9 | Seed | not available | 3624.0 | -1.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Insulinotonic | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Interferon-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interferonogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Irritant | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| JNK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Juvabional | 2 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Keratolytic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Larvicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Larvistat | 1 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
| Laxative | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Leptingenic | 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 |
| Leukotriene-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 4 | Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690. |
| Lithogenic | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Litholytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lubricant | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Lyase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lymphocytogenic | 1 | Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp. |
| MAO-A-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |