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Plant Prunus spinosa (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Blackthorn; Sloe
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
10-NONACOSANOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMYGDALIN 8 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMYGDALIN 8 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EMULSIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFERIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3,7-ALPHA-L-DIRHAMNOFURANOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-ALPHA-L-ARABOFURANOSIDE-7-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOFURANOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-ALPHA-L-ARABOFURANOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOFURANOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-4'-ARABINOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-7-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOFURANOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LF 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONACOSANE 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN 24 Fruit 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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 3 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 1 Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiaflatoxin 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 4 Duke, 1992 *