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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Cornus mas (Cornaceae)

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 Grigorescu, E., Ionescu, A. P. 1976. Isolation of Ursolic Acid from Cornus mas (Cornaceae). Phytochemistry, 15: 1097.
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Shoot 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
AntiTGF-beta 1 *
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 1 *
Antithrombogenic 1 *
Antithromboxane 1 *
Antithyroid 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitrypanosomic 3 Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antitumor 6 *
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 *
Antitumor (brain) 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Breast) 2 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Colon) 2 *
Antitumor (Lung) 2 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 2 *
Antitumor (Skin) 1 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 *
Antitumor-Promoter 5 Yasukawa, K., Takido, M., Takeuchi, M., Sato, Y., Nitta, K., and Nakagawa, S. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Flavonol Glycosides on 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-Induced Tumor Promotion. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(3): 774-776, 1990.
Antiulcer 4 *
Antivaricose 1 *