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
ASPARAGINE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Fruit	not available	3.0	-0.79	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ALANINE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	1.0	6.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Fruit	1.0	80.0	0.81	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	140.0	1954.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	103000.0	876960.0	0.50	Duke, 1992 *
CAROTENOIDS	0	Fruit	1.0	10.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
CERASIDIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CERASIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CERASINONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSIN	60	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID	23	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COUMARIN	57	Plant	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
Antitumor (Ovary)	3	Duke, 1992 *
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 (Prostate)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	13	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive	3	Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
Antiulcer	19	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	22	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiwrinkle	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antixerotic	1	Martindale's 29th