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
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 *

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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
Antigrey	1	Martindale's 29th
AntiGTF	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic	2	Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic	12	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic	11	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic	8	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	8	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihomocystinuric	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihydrophobic	1	Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.