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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ASH 0 Fruit 4000.0 150000.0 2.42 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 1170.0 8586.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM 0 Fruit 0.0 30.0 0.24 Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDECYANHYDRIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ACETATE 9 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.0 30.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Fruit 1.0 150.0 2.22 Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM 3 Fruit 0.0 0.5 0.68 Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID-ESTER 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 18.0 8850.0 1.15 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed not available 970.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL-3-O-BETA-(6-O-OLEYL)-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL-3-O-BETA-(6-O-PALMITYL)-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available 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
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipsychotic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antipurpuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 13 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antirenitic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinitic Optometry 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiretinotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatitic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antischizophrenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.