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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antiasthmatic | 7 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiatherogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antibacterial | 15 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiberiberi | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiBPH | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Colon) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Esophagus)? | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anticancer (Forestomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Liver) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Pancreas) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Skin) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticanker | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticarcinogenic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Anticarcinomic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |