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

Common Names
Bitter Almond; Red Stinkwood
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
2-ALPHA-3-ALPHA-23-TRIHYDROXY-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Bark *
2-ALPHA-3-ALPHA-24-O-TRANS-FERULYL-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Bark *
2-ALPHA-3-ALPHA-24-TRIHYDROXY-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Bark *
2-ALPHA-3-ALPHA-DIHYDROXYURS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Bark *
2-ALPHA-3-BETA-DIHYDROXY-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Bark *
2ALPHA-HYDROXYURSOLIC-ACID 0 Bark 5000.0 *
3-BETA-24-DIHYDROXY-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Bark *
3-BETA-HYDROXY-24-O-TRANS-FERULYL-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Bark *
AMYGDALIN 8 Bark 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 *
BETA-SITOSTENONE 0 Bark 331.0 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Bark 177.0 -1.29 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-3-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Bark *
CRATAEGOLIC-ACID 0 Bark *
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Bark 110.0 *
DOCOSAN-1-OL 0 Bark *
DOCOSYL-FERULATE 0 Bark *
EPIMASLINIC-ACID 0 Bark 8200.0 *
FATTY-ACIDS 0 Bark *
FERULIC-ACID-N-DOCOSYL-ESTER 0 Bark *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Abortifacient 1 *
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 *
Androgenic 1 *
Angiogenic 1 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiallergic 1 *
Antialopecic 1 *
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 *
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 *
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 *