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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
ASH 0 Fruit 4000.0 150000.0 2.42 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 1170.0 8586.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM 0 Fruit 0.0 30.0 0.24 Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDECYANHYDRIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ACETATE 9 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.0 30.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Fruit 1.0 150.0 2.22 Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM 3 Fruit 0.0 0.5 0.68 Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID-ESTER 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 18.0 8850.0 1.15 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed not available 970.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL-3-O-BETA-(6-O-OLEYL)-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL-3-O-BETA-(6-O-PALMITYL)-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 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
Hepatomagenic 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 13 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic 2 Martindale's 29th
Hepatotropic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 1 Angewandte Botanik 68(5/6)=1994. Page 195.
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 2 Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hypnotic 2 Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocalcemic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Hypocholesterolemic 17 Duke, 1992 *
Hypoglycemic 10 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 13 Duke, 1992 *