Plant Prunus persica (Rosaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Peach

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
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Fruit	90.0	730.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Fruit	10.0	80.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Fruit	2.0	14.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
PECTINS	0	Fruit	not available	8600.0	-1.27	Duke, 1992 *
PENTANOIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTYL-ACETATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Plant	220.0	1782.0	-1.29	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Bark	not available	3150.0	1.62	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	90.0	2000.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIN-PHOSPHORUS	0	Fruit	not available	10.0	-1.23	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Fruit	100.0	810.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Bark	not available	19400.0	2.90	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	1275.0	22072.0	0.37	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	not available	7010.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Fruit	290.0	2349.0	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	6850.0	63000.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	239000.0	312000.0	0.70	Duke, 1992 *
PRUNASIN	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Fruit	450.0	3645.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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.