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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Percutaneostimulant | 2 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfumery | 6 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Pesticide | 25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PGE2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phagocytotic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Phospholipase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pigment | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Pituitary-Stimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PKC-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Plasmodicide | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Preservative | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Prolactinogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Proliferant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prooxidant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Propecic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandigenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Sparer | 1 | Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990. |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 2 | Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14. |