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

Common Names

Black Cherry; Wild Cherry

How this plant is used

Food

Subspecies

serotina

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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
(R)-AMYGDALIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(R)-PRUNASIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-ALPHA-3-ALPHA-DIHYDROXYURS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	35.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,4,5-TRIMETHOXYBENZOIC-ACID	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	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	not available	1.7	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ACETYL-CHOLINE	19	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Abstract (See species file)
ALUMINUM	5	Leaf	14.0	1440.0	0.76	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Stem	0.0	540.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
AMYGDALIN	8	Stem Bark	31600.0	41200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	29000.0	96000.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Stem	1900.0	54000.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM	0	Leaf	1.0	960.0	1.55	Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM	0	Stem	6.0	810.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Bark	not available	not available	not available	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	not available	813.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-GLYCOSIDASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Abstract (See species file)
BORON	4	Leaf	2.0	48.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Stem	0.0	54.0	1.61	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	4060.0	32640.0	0.97	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	3	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiadenoviral	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadenovirus	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiadrenalinic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiadrenergic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.