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
FRIEDELIN	2	Bark	not available	28900.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
HCN	9	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.
LAURIC-ACID	7	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALINIC-ACID	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MASLINIC-ACID	6	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-DOCOSANOL	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HENTRIACONTANE	3	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-NONACOSANE	1	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-TETRACOSANOL	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-TRIACONTANE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTENONE	0	Bark	not available	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMAST-4-EN-3-ONE	1	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TETRACOSAN-1-OL	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-FERULIC-ACID	2	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Bark	not available	28900.0	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
Antitumor (Lung)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	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 (Pancreas)	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 (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	1	Planta Medica, 57: A56, 1991.
Antitussive	2	Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
Antiulcer	2	Shukla, B., Visen, P.K.S., Patnaik, G.K., Tripathi, S.C., Srimal, R.C., Dayal, R., and Dobhal, P.C. Hepatoprotective Activity in the Rat of Ursolic Acid Isolated from Eucalyptus Hybrid. Phytotherapy Research 6: 74-79, 1992.
Antiviral	5	Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991.
Apoptotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide	1	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Bitter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchosedative	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Cancer-Preventive	5	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	3	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Cardioprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *