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Plant Prunus serotina (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Black Cherry; Wild Cherry
How this plant is used
Food
Subspecies
serotina
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
LAUROCERASIN 0 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEAD 0 Leaf 0.3 67.0 0.84 Duke, 1992 *
LEAD 0 Stem 0.2 108.0 0.83 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDINS 0 Bark not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 435.0 9600.0 2.11 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Stem 28.0 5400.0 0.27 Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Leaf 0.0 1.9 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Stem 0.0 0.2 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
NEODYMIUM 0 Leaf 2.0 19.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Leaf 0.0 6.7 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Stem 0.0 2.7 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Bark not available not available not available Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 261.0 4608.0 -0.07 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Stem 114.0 2592.0 0.06 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 1624.0 26880.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Stem 80.0 15120.0 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
PRUNASIN 2 Bark 5000.0 15000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PRUNASIN 2 Leaf not available 562.0 -0.78 Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Stem Bark 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
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.