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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
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 90.0 730.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Fruit 10.0 80.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Fruit 2.0 14.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
PECTINS 0 Fruit not available 8600.0 -1.27 Duke, 1992 *
PENTANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTYL-ACETATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Plant 220.0 1782.0 -1.29 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Bark not available 3150.0 1.62 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 90.0 2000.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIN-PHOSPHORUS 0 Fruit not available 10.0 -1.23 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Fruit 100.0 810.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Bark not available 19400.0 2.90 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 1275.0 22072.0 0.37 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Seed not available 7010.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Fruit 290.0 2349.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 6850.0 63000.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 239000.0 312000.0 0.70 Duke, 1992 *
PRUNASIN 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PUFA 4 Fruit 450.0 3645.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
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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 *