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Plant Prunus persica (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Peach
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
METHYL-GALLATE 16 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Fruit 0.1 1.1 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
MUCIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MUFA 13 Fruit 340.0 2755.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
MULTIFLORIN-A 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MULTIFLORIN-B 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MULTINOSIDE-A 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MULTINOSIDE-B 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-ACETYL-GLUCOSAMINE 0 Na not available not available not available Caldwell, D. L., Gerhardt, K. O. 1986. Chemical Analysis of Peach Extrafloral Nectary Exudate. Phytochemistry, 252: 411-413.
NARINGENIN 56 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 10.0 82.0 0.28 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Fruit 0.2 4.5 0.59 Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN 0 Fruit 1400.0 13075.0 -0.11 Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 340.0 2755.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Plant not available 10.0 -0.54 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
OXALIC-ACID 9 Hh not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID-ESTER 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *