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Plant Prunus cerasus (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Sour Cherry
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CRYPTOCHLOROGENIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-GENTIOBIOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSYLRHAMNOSYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-MONOGLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-RUTINOSIDE 1 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D,L-CATECHIN 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DECAN-1-AL 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCOUMARIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Seed not available 10000.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN 40 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 3000.0 48000.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 2000.0 79000.0 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN 15 Fruit 1.0 6.0 1.62 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
DOPA-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Dye 2 Merck 11th Edition
Elastase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Embryotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Emetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Enterorelaxant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Ergogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Essential 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogen-Agonist 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 139.1999.
Estrogenic 11 Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic? 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Expectorant 2 Martindale's 28th
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Fibrinolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Flatugenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Flatulent 1 Duke, 1992 *
FLavor 17 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Floral-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Fungicide 19 Martindale's 29th