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
Detoxicant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic?	3	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Disinfectant	1	Martindale's 29th
Diuretic	11	Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Active	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Dye	1	Merck 11th Edition
Elastase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Embryotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	2	Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Emollient	1	Martindale's 29th
Encephalopathic	1	Martindale's 29th
Energizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Essential	8	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant	3	Martindale's 28th