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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 10210.0 | 10680.0 | -0.33 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Sprout Seedling | 30.0 | 33.0 | -1.16 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| STRONTIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 16.0 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCROSE | 14 | 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. |
| SUGAR | 0 | Seed | 50000.0 | 100000.0 | 0.28 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| SULFUR | 14 | Seed | not available | 3420.0 | 0.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANTALUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Seed | 2.2 | 2.6 | -0.95 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| THORIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.2 | -0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | Seed | 7390.0 | 7730.0 | -0.09 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| TIN | 4 | Seed | not available | 0.7 | -0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TITANIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 3.5 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIOLEIN | 1 | 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. |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Seed | 3580.0 | 3745.0 | 0.14 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| TUNGSTEN | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | 0.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Seed | 7050.0 | 7374.0 | -0.09 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| VALINE | 3 | Seed | 10280.0 | 10752.0 | -0.16 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| VANADIUM | 16 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VIT-B-6 | 0 | Seed | not available | 1.0 | -1.57 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| YTTERBIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | -0.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Nephrotoxic | 4 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Neuroexcitant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Neuroinhibitor | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Neuroprotective | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neurotoxic | 2 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Neurotransmitter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Genic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Synthase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 4 | Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19. |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Ovulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oxidant | 2 | Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978. |
| P450-Inducer | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| P450-Inhibitor | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| PAF-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pancreatoxic | 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 |
| Paralytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Parasiticide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |