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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.
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
FRAXINOL 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Fruit 61000.0 72400.0 0.24 Duke, 1992 *
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALACTURONIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID 22 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN 81 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GENISTIN 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit 47000.0 55000.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
GLUCURONIC-ACID 4 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMINE 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HCN 9 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 3.0 78.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID 4 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALERIC-ACID 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFERIDE 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Anticerebrotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCFS 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholestatic 1 Shukla, B., Visen, P.K.S., Patnaik, G.K., Tripathi, S.C., Srimal, R.C., Dayal, R., and Dobhal, P.C. Hepatoprotective Activity in the Rat of Ursolic Acid Isolated from Eucalyptus Hybrid. Phytotherapy Research 6: 74-79, 1992.
Antichoreic 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlastogen 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlaudificant? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric 4 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Anticoagulant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplement 2 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Anticomplementary 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 8 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoronary 4 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's 3 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *