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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Uterotrophic	2	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Varroacide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	9	Duke, 1992 *
Vasomotor-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	2	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vitamin-A-Activity	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).