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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
CAMPESTEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPRONIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 111000.0 910000.0 0.68 Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Bark not available 35.0 2.75 Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Fruit 0.0 2.3 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Bark not available 20.0 0.08 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Fruit 0.0 0.5 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Fruit 0.3 30.0 1.34 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Seed not available 10.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Plant 0.5 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-MONOGLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Fruit 60.0 486.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
D-AFZELECHIN 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-GALACTOSE 0 Gum not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCURONIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-XYLOSE 0 Gum not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHANOL 24 Fruit 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
AntiAGE 2 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
Antiaggregant 9 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 4 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergenic 1 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 8 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiamnesic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiamyloid-Beta 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antianginal 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *