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Plant Prunus persica (Rosaceae)

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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antikeshan 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiketotic 1 Merck 11th Edition
AntiLegionella 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric 2 Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphocytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic 6 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antimalarial 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimanic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.