Plant Prunus cerasus (Rosaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
ASPARAGINE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Fruit	not available	3.0	-0.79	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ALANINE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	1.0	6.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Fruit	1.0	80.0	0.81	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	140.0	1954.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	103000.0	876960.0	0.50	Duke, 1992 *
CAROTENOIDS	0	Fruit	1.0	10.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
CERASIDIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CERASIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CERASINONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSIN	60	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID	23	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COUMARIN	57	Plant	not available	not available	not available	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
AntiCVI	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff	2	A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antidecubitic	3	Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia	6	Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
Antidepressant	9	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidermatitic	7	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidiabetic	14	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic?	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antidiarrheic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiscotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidote	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum)	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium)	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Camphor)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Hypoglycin-A)	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Lead)	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.