Plant Cornus mas (Cornaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cornelian Cherry; Sorbet

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Grigorescu, E., Ionescu, A. P. 1976. Isolation of Ursolic Acid from Cornus mas (Cornaceae). Phytochemistry, 15: 1097.
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Zorina, A. D., Matyukhina, L. G., Ryabinin, A. A. 1966. Triterpenes in Some Plant Species. Chem Nat Comp, 2(4): 291.

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	2	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.
Allergenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenovirus	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaflatoxin	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergenic	1	Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic	4	Duke, 1992 *