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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
LACTIC-ACID 8 Fruit *
LEUCINE 2 Fruit *
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Fruit *
LINALOL 0 Fruit *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 460.0 3312.0 -0.31 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 127200.0 169600.0 0.54 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 90.0 648.0 -0.69 *
MALEIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit Juice *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 1.0 8.0 -0.35 *
MANNITOL 18 Fruit *
MESOCYANIN 0 Fruit *
METHYL-SALICYLATE 21 Plant *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Fruit 20.0 144.0 -0.26 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 600.0 800.0 -0.29 *
NARINGENIN 56 Fruit *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Fruit *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 4.0 32.0 -0.38 *
O-CRESOL 6 Plant *
OCTANOIC-ACID 5 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Vasorelaxant 1 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 4 *
Vermifuge 1 *
Verrucolytic 1 *
Vulnerary 6 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 9 *