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Plant Prunus persica (Rosaceae)

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
(+)-ABSCISIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTANOL 5 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3',5'-DIHYDROXY-4',7-DIMETHOXY-FLAVANONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-ALPHA-METHYLSTIGMASTA-7,Z,24(28)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
A-DECALACTONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AFZELIN 1 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Fruit 420.0 3402.0 -0.12 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Fruit 10.0 86.0 0.20 Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Bark not available 43.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Fruit 2.3 1050.0 0.08 Duke, 1992 *
AMANDIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMYGDALIN 8 Leaf not available 10000.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
AMYGDALIN 8 Seed 25500.0 60000.0 0.63 Duke, 1992 *
ANTHOCYANIDIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Fruit 180.0 1458.0 -0.76 Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 14.0 1127.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Bark not available 63000.0 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidysenteric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysgeuzic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 6 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 7 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 7 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 4 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.