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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
ETHYL-ACETATE 6 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-BENZOATE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 860.0 18000.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 399000.0 456000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 6210.0 162000.0 0.19 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Seed not available 148000.0 0.10 Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONOL-GLYCOSIDES 0 Fruit not available 10.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONOL-GYLCOSIDES 0 Leaf 7500.0 10400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE 0 Fruit 0.1 0.8 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN 15 Fruit 0.0 0.3 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
FORMIC-ACID 13 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-HEPTALACTONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-HEXALACTONE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-NONALACTONE 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-OCTALACTONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-32 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-32-ACETONIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-5 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimenorrhagic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 5 Martindale's 29th
Antimitotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimorphinic 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiMS 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 16 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyalgic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimyelotoxic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antimyocarditic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antineoplastic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.