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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Prunus persica (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Peach
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-ABSCISIC-ACID 0 Plant *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTANOL 5 Seed *
3',5'-DIHYDROXY-4',7-DIMETHOXY-FLAVANONE 0 Plant *
4-ALPHA-METHYLSTIGMASTA-7,Z,24(28)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed *
A-DECALACTONE 0 Fruit *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Plant *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Fruit *
AFZELIN 1 Flower *
ALANINE 3 Fruit 420.0 3402.0 -0.12 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Fruit 10.0 86.0 0.20 *
ALUMINUM 5 Bark 43.0 -0.66 *
ALUMINUM 5 Fruit 2.3 1050.0 0.08 *
AMANDIN 0 Seed *
AMYGDALIN 8 Leaf 10000.0 1.41 *
AMYGDALIN 8 Seed 25500.0 60000.0 0.63 *
ANTHOCYANIDIN 0 Fruit *
ARGININE 14 Fruit 180.0 1458.0 -0.76 *
ARSENIC 2 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.47 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 14.0 1127.0 -0.21 *
ASH 0 Bark 63000.0 -0.48 *

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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 3 (View) *
Acarifuge 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Acidulant 3 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Addictive 1 (View) Science News, 145: 294.
Adjuvant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 11 (View) 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 (View) 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 (View) Abstract (See species file)
Allergenic 11 (View) *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.