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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
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit 20.0 162.0 -0.97 *
TYROSINE 8 Fruit 180.0 1458.0 -0.40 *
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Leaf *
VALINE 3 Fruit 380.0 3078.0 -0.28 *
VIT-B-6 0 Fruit 0.2 1.6 -1.11 *
WATER 0 Bark 792000.0 0.49 *
WATER 0 Fruit 835000.0 964000.0 0.84 *
ZEAXANTHIN 5 Fruit *
ZINC 77 Bark *
ZINC 77 Fruit 0.5 37.5 0.22 *
ZINC 77 Seed 31.0 -0.40 *
ZIRCONIUM 0 Fruit 0.3 4.5 0.13 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antinephrolytic 1 *
Antinesidioblastosic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antineuralgic 2 *
Antineuramidase 1 *
Antineurasthenic 1 *
Antineuritic 1 *
Antineuropathic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiNF-kB 1 *
Antinitrosaminic 5 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiobesity 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiobesity? 1 Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4.
Antiodontalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antionychyotic 1 *
Antiophidic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiophthalmic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.