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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
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