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Plant Prunus persica (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Peach
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
(+)-ABSCISIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTANOL 5 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3',5'-DIHYDROXY-4',7-DIMETHOXY-FLAVANONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-ALPHA-METHYLSTIGMASTA-7,Z,24(28)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
A-DECALACTONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AFZELIN 1 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Fruit 420.0 3402.0 -0.12 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Fruit 10.0 86.0 0.20 Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Bark not available 43.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Fruit 2.3 1050.0 0.08 Duke, 1992 *
AMANDIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMYGDALIN 8 Leaf not available 10000.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
AMYGDALIN 8 Seed 25500.0 60000.0 0.63 Duke, 1992 *
ANTHOCYANIDIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Fruit 180.0 1458.0 -0.76 Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 14.0 1127.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Bark not available 63000.0 -0.48 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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 3 Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Addictive 1 Science News, 145: 294.
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 11 Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Allelochemic 2 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 3 Abstract (See species file)
Allergenic 11 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.