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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
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 *
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
Antitumor (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Forestomach) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 9 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 2 Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
Antiulcer 15 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 14 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th