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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
LEAD 0 Fruit 0.3 3.0 -0.31 *
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 400.0 3240.0 -0.40 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 440.0 3565.0 -0.31 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Fruit 10.0 80.0 -0.92 *
LITHIUM 11 Fruit 0.1 0.6 -0.30 *
LUTEIN 15 Fruit 0.1 2.8 -0.59 *
LYCOPENE 16 Fruit *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 230.0 1863.0 -0.58 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Bark 4220.0 1.68 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 68.0 850.0 -0.59 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 3810.0 0.34 *
MALONIC-ACID 1 Fruit *
MANGANESE 14 Bark 54.0 -0.32 *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 0.0 22.5 -0.26 *
MANGANESE 14 Seed 17.0 -0.45 *
MERCURY 1 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.51 *
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 170.0 1377.0 0.52 *
METHYL-ACETATE 3 Fruit *
METHYL-FRUCTOFURANOSIDE 0 Seed *
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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 *
Circulotonic 2 *
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 *
Co-carcinogenic 1 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing 2 *
Collagenic 2 *
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 *
COMT-Inhibitor 1 *
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