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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
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 1060.0 8586.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 240.0 1944.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
HCN 9 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HENTRIACONTANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOIC-ACID 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXYL-ACETATE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXYL-FORMATE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit 130.0 1053.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Bark not available 117.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 1.0 99.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Seed not available 80.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 200.0 1620.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALERIANIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GALACTOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-RHAMNOSIDE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-ARABINOSE 0 Gum not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-MALIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-RHAMNOSE 0 Gum 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
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholestatic 1 Shukla, B., Visen, P.K.S., Patnaik, G.K., Tripathi, S.C., Srimal, R.C., Dayal, R., and Dobhal, P.C. Hepatoprotective Activity in the Rat of Ursolic Acid Isolated from Eucalyptus Hybrid. Phytotherapy Research 6: 74-79, 1992.
Anticirrhotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlaudificant? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplement 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Anticomplementary 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 5 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's 3 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.