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
ETHYL-ACETATE	6	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-BENZOATE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	860.0	18000.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	399000.0	456000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	6210.0	162000.0	0.19	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	not available	148000.0	0.10	Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONOL-GLYCOSIDES	0	Fruit	not available	10.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONOL-GYLCOSIDES	0	Leaf	7500.0	10400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE	0	Fruit	0.1	0.8	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN	15	Fruit	0.0	0.3	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
FORMIC-ACID	13	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-HEPTALACTONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-HEXALACTONE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-NONALACTONE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-OCTALACTONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-32	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-32-ACETONIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-5	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	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
Cholagogue	3	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	11	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Cholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant	5	Martindale's 28th
CNS-Paralytic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Co-carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing	2	Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Collyrium	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Colorant	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
COMT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive	1	Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist	1	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