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

Common Names

Sour Cherry

How this plant is used

Food

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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
2,3-DIHYDROWOGONIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,3-DIHYDROWOGONIN-7-MONO-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-HEPTANONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-MALIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXYMETHYLPROLINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLANTOIN	12	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ALANINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Fruit	440.0	3168.0	0.28	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Fruit	1.3	9.4	-0.98	Duke, 1992 *
AMYGDALIN	8	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTIRRHININ	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN	101	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Seed	2400.0	3200.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRIN	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRINOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	70.0	873.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	4000.0	48000.0	-0.22	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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	2	Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidifier	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Additive	2	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	16	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	8	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.
Allelopathic	3	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	12	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anabolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *