Plant Prunus africana (Rosaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Bitter Almond; Red Stinkwood

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
2-ALPHA-3-ALPHA-23-TRIHYDROXY-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-ALPHA-3-ALPHA-24-O-TRANS-FERULYL-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-ALPHA-3-ALPHA-24-TRIHYDROXY-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-ALPHA-3-ALPHA-DIHYDROXYURS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-ALPHA-3-BETA-DIHYDROXY-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2ALPHA-HYDROXYURSOLIC-ACID	0	Bark	not available	5000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-24-DIHYDROXY-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-HYDROXY-24-O-TRANS-FERULYL-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMYGDALIN	8	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp.
BETA-SITOSTANOL	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTENONE	0	Bark	not available	331.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Bark	not available	177.0	-1.29	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-3-O-GLUCOSIDE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CRATAEGOLIC-ACID	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAUCOSTEROL	5	Bark	not available	110.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DOCOSAN-1-OL	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DOCOSYL-FERULATE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPIMASLINIC-ACID	0	Bark	not available	8200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FATTY-ACIDS	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID-N-DOCOSYL-ESTER	0	Bark	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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Fujita, T., Ohira, K., Miyatake, K., Nakano, Y., Nakayama, M. 1995. Inhibitory Effect of Perillosides A and C, Related Monoterpene Glucosides on Aldose Reductase and Their Structure-Activity Relationships. Chem Pharm Bull, 43(6): 920-926.
Analgesic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiallergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	1	Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.
Antiandrogenic	2	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiarrhythmic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	1	Planta Medica, 57: A56, 1991.
Antiasthmatic	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiatherosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	4	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Anticancer	1	Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.
Anticancer (Breast)	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *