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
LEAD	0	Fruit	0.3	3.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Fruit	400.0	3240.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Fruit	440.0	3565.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Fruit	10.0	80.0	-0.92	Duke, 1992 *
LITHIUM	11	Fruit	0.1	0.6	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN	15	Fruit	0.1	2.8	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *
LYCOPENE	16	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Fruit	230.0	1863.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Bark	not available	4220.0	1.68	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Fruit	68.0	850.0	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	not available	3810.0	0.34	Duke, 1992 *
MALONIC-ACID	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Bark	not available	54.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Fruit	0.0	22.5	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	not available	17.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Fruit	0.0	0.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Fruit	170.0	1377.0	0.52	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ACETATE	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-FRUCTOFURANOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antihyperkeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypoglycemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiielus?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiimplantation	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiimpotence	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiinfarctal	1	Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
Antiinfective	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory	18	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomniac?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiinsomnic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratitic	1	Duke, 1992 *