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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
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
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.