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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
SCOPOLETIN 44 Bark *
SILVER 3 Leaf 0.0 0.5 0.74 *
SILVER 3 Stem 0.0 0.1 -0.71 *
STRONTIUM 0 Leaf 8.0 480.0 -0.25 *
STRONTIUM 0 Stem 0.5 378.0 -0.21 *
TANNIN 35 Bark *
TITANIUM 0 Leaf 0.6 144.0 -0.08 *
TITANIUM 0 Stem 0.0 38.0 -0.51 *
URS-12-EN-28-AL-3-BETA-OL 0 Flower Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
URS-12-EN-28-AL-3-BETA-OL 0 Leaf 30.0 *
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Leaf Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
VANADIUM 16 Leaf 0.1 4.8 -0.25 *
VANADIUM 16 Stem 0.0 1.6 -0.31 *
YTTERBIUM 0 Leaf 0.1 0.7 -0.55 *
YTTERBIUM 0 Stem 0.0 0.3 -0.47 *
YTTRIUM 0 Leaf 0.1 14.4 -0.22 *
YTTRIUM 0 Stem 0.0 3.8 -0.58 *
ZINC 77 Leaf 3.0 192.0 0.65 *
ZINC 77 Stem 0.5 216.0 1.48 *
ZIRCONIUM 0 Leaf 0.6 6.7 -0.50 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cardiotonic 1 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Catabolic 1 *
Cerebrostimulant 1 *
Cerebrotonic 1 *
Chelator 1 *
Chemopreventive 2 *
Cholagogue 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 6 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.
Cholinergic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Clastogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 3 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 1 Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
Co-carcinogenic 1 *
Collagen-Sparing 1 *
Collagenic 1 *
COMT-Inhibitor 1 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95