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

 Prunus cerasus (Rosaceae)

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Common name(s)
Sour Cherry
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 2,3-DIHYDROWOGONIN Fruit -- -- -- *
0 2,3-DIHYDROWOGONIN-7-MONO-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE Fruit -- -- -- *
0 2-HEPTANONE Fruit -- -- -- *
0 2-METHYL-MALIC-ACID Fruit -- -- -- *
0 24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL Plant -- -- -- *
0 4-HYDROXYMETHYLPROLINE Fruit -- -- -- *
16 ACETIC-ACID Fruit -- -- -- *
12 ALLANTOIN Stem -- -- -- *
0 ALPHA-ALANINE Fruit -- -- -- *
15 ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID Fruit 440.0 3168.0 0.28 *
32 ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL Fruit 1.3 9.4 -0.98 *
8 AMYGDALIN Leaf -- -- -- *
0 ANTIRRHININ Fruit -- -- -- *
101 APIGENIN Plant -- -- -- *
0 ARACHIDIC-ACID Seed 2400.0 3200.0 -0.34 *
14 ARGININE Fruit -- -- -- *
3 AROMADENDRIN Plant -- -- -- *
0 AROMADENDRINOL Plant -- -- -- *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Fruit 70.0 873.0 -0.23 *
0 ASH Fruit 4000.0 48000.0 -0.22 *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.