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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
CAMPESTEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPRONIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 111000.0 910000.0 0.68 Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Bark not available 35.0 2.75 Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Fruit 0.0 2.3 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Bark not available 20.0 0.08 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Fruit 0.0 0.5 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Fruit 0.3 30.0 1.34 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Seed not available 10.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Plant 0.5 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-MONOGLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Fruit 60.0 486.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
D-AFZELECHIN 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-GALACTOSE 0 Gum not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCURONIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-XYLOSE 0 Gum not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHANOL 24 Fruit 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
Neurolytic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Neuroprotective 4 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter 1 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic 2 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Odontolytic 1 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.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 7 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Osteolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Oviposition-Stimulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ovulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
P450-Inducer 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor 2 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Paralytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Parasiticide 1 Martindale's 29th