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
(+)-ABSCISIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTANOL	5	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3',5'-DIHYDROXY-4',7-DIMETHOXY-FLAVANONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-ALPHA-METHYLSTIGMASTA-7,Z,24(28)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
A-DECALACTONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETALDEHYDE	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AFZELIN	1	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Fruit	420.0	3402.0	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Fruit	10.0	86.0	0.20	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Bark	not available	43.0	-0.66	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Fruit	2.3	1050.0	0.08	Duke, 1992 *
AMANDIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMYGDALIN	8	Leaf	not available	10000.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
AMYGDALIN	8	Seed	25500.0	60000.0	0.63	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHOCYANIDIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Fruit	180.0	1458.0	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Fruit	0.0	0.1	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	14.0	1127.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Bark	not available	63000.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Keratitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Keratolytic	1	Martindale's 29th
Larvistat	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative	5	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.
Laxative?	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leptingenic	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
Leucocytogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Leukotriene-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lipotropic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	8	Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic	2	Martindale's 29th
Lubricant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer	1	Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator	3	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.