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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
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 9890.0 103000.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
PROTOPECTIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PRUNASIN 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PRUNETIN 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-7-HETEROSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN 44 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINIC-ACID 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.0 5.0 0.00 Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SHIKIMIC-ACID 14 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Plant 30.0 216.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
SORBITOL 11 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE 10 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Fruit 160.0 1152.0 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 8700.0 11600.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Fruit 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
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.