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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Prunus cerasus (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Sour Cherry
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
2,3-DIHYDROWOGONIN 0 Fruit *
2,3-DIHYDROWOGONIN-7-MONO-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit *
2-HEPTANONE 0 Fruit *
2-METHYL-MALIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL 0 Plant *
4-HYDROXYMETHYLPROLINE 0 Fruit *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Fruit *
ALLANTOIN 12 Stem *
ALPHA-ALANINE 0 Fruit *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Fruit 440.0 3168.0 0.28 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Fruit 1.3 9.4 -0.98 *
AMYGDALIN 8 Leaf *
ANTIRRHININ 0 Fruit *
APIGENIN 101 Plant *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed 2400.0 3200.0 -0.34 *
ARGININE 14 Fruit *
AROMADENDRIN 3 Plant *
AROMADENDRINOL 0 Plant *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 70.0 873.0 -0.23 *
ASH 0 Fruit 4000.0 48000.0 -0.22 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 (View) *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Abortifacient 2 (View) Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Acaricide 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Acidifier 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant 4 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Additive 2 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 16 (View) *
Allelochemic 8 (View) 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 3 (View) 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 12 (View) *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Anabolic 1 (View) *
Analeptic 1 (View) *