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
CALCIUM	28	Stem	323.0	18360.0	-0.04	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Leaf	not available	356.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Leaf	0.0	2.9	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Stem	0.0	0.8	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Stem	0.0	5.4	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Leaf	0.8	29.0	0.04	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Stem	1.3	378.0	2.51	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMULSIN	0	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.
EO	0	Stem Bark	not available	2000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
EUDESMIC-ACID	0	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.
GALLIC-ACID	62	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HCN	9	Bark	500.0	3400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HCN	9	Leaf	not available	2500.0	0.52	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROCYANIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	20.0	1440.0	2.73	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Stem	0.2	810.0	0.07	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LANTHANUM	0	Leaf	0.8	19.0	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
LANTHANUM	0	Stem	0.1	16.0	-0.20	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
Copper-Chelator	2	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cyanogenic	2	Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective	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.
Cytotoxic	7	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic?	3	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	6	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
DNA-Active	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Elastase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Encephalopathic	1	Martindale's 29th
Energizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.