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
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Fruit	90.0	730.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Fruit	10.0	80.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Fruit	2.0	14.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
PECTINS	0	Fruit	not available	8600.0	-1.27	Duke, 1992 *
PENTANOIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTYL-ACETATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Plant	220.0	1782.0	-1.29	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Bark	not available	3150.0	1.62	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	90.0	2000.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIN-PHOSPHORUS	0	Fruit	not available	10.0	-1.23	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Fruit	100.0	810.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Bark	not available	19400.0	2.90	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	1275.0	22072.0	0.37	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	not available	7010.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Fruit	290.0	2349.0	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	6850.0	63000.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	239000.0	312000.0	0.70	Duke, 1992 *
PRUNASIN	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Fruit	450.0	3645.0	-0.58	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
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.