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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
QUERCETIN 176 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-0-GALACTOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-0-GALACTOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-0-RUTINOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-RHAMNOSIDE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-RHAMNOSIDE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN 44 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINIC-ACID 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 1.0 4.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Fruit 320.0 2592.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
SFA 0 Fruit 100.0 810.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Fruit 4.0 30.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
SILVER 3 Fruit 0.0 0.3 0.11 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
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 *