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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
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 1060.0 8586.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 240.0 1944.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
HCN 9 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HENTRIACONTANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOIC-ACID 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXYL-ACETATE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXYL-FORMATE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit 130.0 1053.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Bark not available 117.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 1.0 99.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Seed not available 80.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 200.0 1620.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALERIANIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GALACTOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-RHAMNOSIDE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-ARABINOSE 0 Gum not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-MALIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-RHAMNOSE 0 Gum 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 *