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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Fruit *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 810.0 5832.0 -0.44 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 148200.0 197600.0 0.65 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Fruit *
P-CRESOL 8 Plant *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Plant *
PAEONIDIN 0 Fruit *
PAEONIDIN-3-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
PAEONIDIN-3-RUTINOSIDE 0 Fruit *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 480.0 3456.0 -0.31 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 12900.0 17200.0 -0.34 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Fruit 10.0 72.0 -0.33 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Fruit 1.0 10.0 -0.52 *
PECTINESTERASE 0 Fruit *
PECTINS 0 Fruit 6000.0 18000.0 -0.65 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 150.0 2302.0 -0.28 *
PIPECOLIC-ACID 2 Fruit *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 1120.0 19277.0 0.12 *
PROLINE 0 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
HIF-1alpha-Inhibitor 1 *
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 *
Histidine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 2 Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Humectant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic 2 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hyperglycemic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypnotic 1 Schultes, R.E. De Plantis Toxicariis e Mundo Novo Tropicale Commentationes XXXVI. Justicia (Acanthaceae) as a Source of an Hallucinogenic Snuff. Economic Botany 44(1): 61-70, 1990.
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypocholesterolemic 14 Singleton, V.L. 1981. Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants: Phenolic Substances of Plant Origin Common in Foods. Advances in Food Research 27: 149-217.
Hypoglycemic 10 *
Hypolipemic 1 *
Hypolipidemic 3 *
Hypotensive 16 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Hypothermic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypouricemic 2 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 3 *