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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
LEAD 0 Fruit 0.3 3.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 400.0 3240.0 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 440.0 3565.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Fruit 10.0 80.0 -0.92 Duke, 1992 *
LITHIUM 11 Fruit 0.1 0.6 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN 15 Fruit 0.1 2.8 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
LYCOPENE 16 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 230.0 1863.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Bark not available 4220.0 1.68 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 68.0 850.0 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed not available 3810.0 0.34 Duke, 1992 *
MALONIC-ACID 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Bark not available 54.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 0.0 22.5 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Seed not available 17.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY 1 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 170.0 1377.0 0.52 Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ACETATE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-FRUCTOFURANOSIDE 0 Seed 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
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer (Forestomach) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Prostate) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinogenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 3 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 10 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCFS 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.