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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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Purgative 1 Martindale's 28th
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 6 Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Radioprotective 3 *
Refrigerant 1 Martindale's 28th
Respirastimulant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Respirodepressant 1 *
RNA-genic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Rodenticide 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Secretogogue 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Sedative 10 *
Sequestrant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Serotonin-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Serotoninergic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sialogogue 1 Martindale's 29th
Soap 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sodium-Sparing 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Spermicide 2 Martindale's 28th
Spermigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Styptic 1 *