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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROMINE | 0 | Seed | not available | 20.0 | 0.32 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| CADMIUM | 3 | Seed | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Seed | 2426.0 | 2962.0 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM-OXALATE | 4 | 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. |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Seed | not available | 50.0 | -0.52 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| CAPROIC-ACID | 1 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATE | 0 | Seed | 129000.0 | 243000.0 | -1.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Seed | 204000.0 | 213284.0 | -1.23 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| CESIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | -0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLORINE | 7 | Seed | not available | 28.0 | -0.68 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Seed | 0.1 | 1.7 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITROSTADIENOL | 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. |
| COBALT | 2 | Seed | 0.1 | 0.2 | -0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Seed | 1.0 | 11.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CRESOL | 5 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYANIDIN | 7 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYSTINE | 2 | Seed | 3580.0 | 3745.0 | 0.41 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| D-GALACTOSE | 0 | Gum | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-GLUCURONIC-ACID | 0 | Gum | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antifeedant | 4 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Antifertility | 3 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifibrinolytic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrosarcomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigallstone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastric | 1 | Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85. |
| Antigastritic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigenotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiglossitic | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiglycosuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigoiter | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotropic | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |