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Plant Prunus cerasus (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Sour Cherry
How this plant is used
Food

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View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
LACTIC-ACID 8 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 460.0 3312.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 127200.0 169600.0 0.54 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 90.0 648.0 -0.69 Duke, 1992 *
MALEIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 1.0 8.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
MANNITOL 18 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MESOCYANIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-SALICYLATE 21 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Fruit 20.0 144.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 600.0 800.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
NARINGENIN 56 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 4.0 32.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
O-CRESOL 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTANOIC-ACID 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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