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Plant Prunus serotina (Rosaceae)

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

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ZIRCONIUM 0 Stem 0.0 1.6 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Colon) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Lung) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 6 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 2 Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
Antiulcer 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiviral 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anxiolytic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Astringent 3 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.
ATPase-Inhibitor 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat 2 Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.