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Plant Prunus persica (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Peach
How this plant is used
Food

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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
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
Antiscoliotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 14 Martindale's 28th
Antiserotonin 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisickling 2 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antisilicotic 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antisindhis 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antispare-Tire 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
Antispasmodic 14 Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiSpina-Bifida 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistaphylococcic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistress 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 3 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
Antisunburn 2 Duke, 1992 *