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Common Names
Black Cherry; Wild Cherry
How this plant is used
Food
Subspecies
serotina
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Estrogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Expectorant | 1 | Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators) |
| FLavor | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Floral-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Fungicide | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gram(+)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gram(-)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemostat | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatomagenic | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 8 | Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 210. |
| Hepatotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Herbicide | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Histamine-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Histaminic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIV-RT-Inhibitor | 2 | Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991. |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 5 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypotensive | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |