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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Seed | 1430.0 | 1490.0 | -0.24 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Seed | 4538.0 | 8560.0 | -0.35 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PROLINE | 0 | Seed | 12550.0 | 13127.0 | 0.35 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 176000.0 | 350000.0 | 1.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PRUNASIN | 2 | Seed | not available | 50.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PUFA | 4 | Seed | 109570.0 | 114610.0 | 0.07 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCITRIN | 44 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RAFFINOSE | 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. |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Seed | 1.6 | 9.7 | 2.37 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| RUBIDIUM | 0 | Seed | 5.0 | 13.0 | -0.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Seed | 28.0 | 30.0 | -0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SAMARIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | 2.79 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCANDIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Seed | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Seed | 9010.0 | 9424.0 | -0.22 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SFA | 0 | Seed | 49490.0 | 51765.0 | -0.07 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SILICON | 4 | Seed | not available | 960.0 | 0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Seed | 20.0 | 147.0 | -0.48 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| STACHYOSE | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Protisticide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PTK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Renotoxic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Respirastimulant | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Roborant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Rodenticide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Scabicide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Schizophrenigenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Sedative | 7 | Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC |
| Serotoninergic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Soap | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Spermicide | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Spermigenic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Sunscreen | 2 | Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993. |
| Suppository | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Sweetener | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Taenicide | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Teratologic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Termiticide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |