Plant Prunus persica (Rosaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Peach

How this plant is used

Food

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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 *

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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
Bradycardiac	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchosedative	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist	3	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	32	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	7	Martindale's 28th
Capillariprotective	1	Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiac	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Cardiomyopathogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective	12	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carminative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	5	Duke, 1992 *