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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
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit 20.0 162.0 -0.97 Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Fruit 180.0 1458.0 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Fruit 380.0 3078.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6 0 Fruit 0.2 1.6 -1.11 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Bark not available 792000.0 0.49 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Fruit 835000.0 964000.0 0.84 Duke, 1992 *
ZEAXANTHIN 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Fruit 0.5 37.5 0.22 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Seed not available 31.0 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
ZIRCONIUM 0 Fruit 0.3 4.5 0.13 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
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 9 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 10 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant 2 Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectifuge 8 J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.
Insectiphile 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulin-Sparing 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 7 Duke, 1992 *
JNK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.