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
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Fruit	810.0	5832.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	148200.0	197600.0	0.65	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CRESOL	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PAEONIDIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PAEONIDIN-3-DIGLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PAEONIDIN-3-RUTINOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Fruit	480.0	3456.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	12900.0	17200.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Fruit	10.0	72.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Fruit	1.0	10.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
PECTINESTERASE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PECTINS	0	Fruit	6000.0	18000.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	150.0	2302.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
PIPECOLIC-ACID	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	1120.0	19277.0	0.12	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Fruit	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