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Plant Prunus dulcis (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Almond
How this plant is used
Food

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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
D-XYLOSE 0 Gum not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DAUCOSTEROL 5 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.
DIOLEOLINOLEIN 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.
EMULSIN 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.
EO 0 Seed 5000.0 18000.0 -0.32 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
EUGENOL 76 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUROPIUM 0 Seed not available 0.1 1.47 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 350000.0 621000.0 1.87 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Seed 18000.0 32000.0 -0.81 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FLUORINE 0 Seed not available 1.3 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN 15 Seed not available 1.0 -0.66 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FOLIC-ACID 23 Seed not available 0.5 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
GADOLEIC-ACID 0 Seed 500.0 523.0 -0.65 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL 14 Seed not available 5.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL 35 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 59340.0 62070.0 0.86 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCINE 12 Seed 12360.0 12929.0 0.29 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GOLD 3 Seed not available 0.0 -0.54 Duke, 1992 *
HAFNIUM 0 Seed not available 0.0 -1.25 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (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.