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
METHYL-GALLATE	16	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Fruit	0.1	1.1	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
MUCIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUFA	13	Fruit	340.0	2755.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
MULTIFLORIN-A	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MULTIFLORIN-B	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MULTINOSIDE-A	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MULTINOSIDE-B	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-ACETYL-GLUCOSAMINE	0	Na	not available	not available	not available	Caldwell, D. L., Gerhardt, K. O. 1986. Chemical Analysis of Peach Extrafloral Nectary Exudate. Phytochemistry, 252: 411-413.
NARINGENIN	56	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Fruit	10.0	82.0	0.28	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Fruit	0.2	4.5	0.59	Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN	0	Fruit	1400.0	13075.0	-0.11	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Fruit	340.0	2755.0	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Plant	not available	10.0	-0.54	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
OXALIC-ACID	9	Hh	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID-ESTER	0	Leaf	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
Metal-Chelator (Copper)	1	Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Monoamine-Precursor	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Motor-Depressant	1	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	2	Martindale's 29th
Mucotropic	1	Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp.
Mutagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Narcotic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Natriuretic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide	3	Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
NEP-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nephrotoxic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neuroexcitant	1	Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.