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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Prunus serotina (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Black Cherry, Wild Cherry
How this plant is used
Food
Subspecies
serotina

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(R)-AMYGDALIN 0 Seed *
(R)-PRUNASIN 0 Seed *
2-ALPHA-3-ALPHA-DIHYDROXYURS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Leaf 35.0 *
3,4,5-TRIMETHOXYBENZOIC-ACID 0 Bark Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ACETYL-CHOLINE 19 Leaf 1.7 -1.00 *
ACETYL-CHOLINE 19 Plant Abstract (See species file)
ALUMINUM 5 Leaf 14.0 1440.0 0.76 *
ALUMINUM 5 Stem 0.0 540.0 -0.45 *
AMYGDALIN 8 Stem Bark 31600.0 41200.0 *
ASH 0 Leaf 29000.0 96000.0 -0.40 *
ASH 0 Stem 1900.0 54000.0 -0.51 *
BARIUM 0 Leaf 1.0 960.0 1.55 *
BARIUM 0 Stem 6.0 810.0 -0.10 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Bark Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSE-1-BENZOATE 0 Leaf 813.0 *
BETA-GLYCOSIDASE 0 Seed Abstract (See species file)
BORON 4 Leaf 2.0 48.0 -0.36 *
BORON 4 Stem 0.0 54.0 1.61 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 4060.0 32640.0 0.97 *
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