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Plant Prunus dulcis (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Almond
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidote (Lead) 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Mercury) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysgeuzic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 7 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 7 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.