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
Cardiotonic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiovascular	1	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Carminative	2	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-3-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-9-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic	3	Tramil
Cataractagenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Catechol-O-Methyltransferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cathartic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	7	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	3	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	14	Duke, 1992 *
Choline-Sparing	1	Singleton, V.L. 1981. Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants: Phenolic Substances of Plant Origin Common in Foods. Advances in Food Research 27: 149-217.
Circulotonic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant	7	Duke, 1992 *