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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
SODIUM 1 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 0.0 366.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Seed not available 29.0 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE 10 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Seed not available 36000.0 -1.11 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Fruit 10.0 80.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM 0 Fruit 0.2 45.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE 14 Fruit 20000.0 100000.0 -0.04 Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Fruit 3.0 700.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Fruit not available 8000.0 -0.83 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Leaf not available 8000.0 -1.25 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 1.0 2.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Fruit 270.0 2187.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
TIN 4 Bark not available 9.4 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM 0 Fruit 0.1 30.0 -0.08 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-2-HEXENYL-ACETATE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIFOLIN 2 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIOLEIN 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Copper-Chelator 2 Duke, 1992 *
Corrosive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Cosmetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 1 Merck 11th Edition
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
Cyanogenic 2 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Cyclooxygenase-Activator 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytoprotective 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Deliriant 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Demulcent 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Depressant 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermatitigenic 2 Duke, 1992 *