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
SCOPOLETIN	44	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SILVER	3	Leaf	0.0	0.5	0.74	Duke, 1992 *
SILVER	3	Stem	0.0	0.1	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM	0	Leaf	8.0	480.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM	0	Stem	0.5	378.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM	0	Leaf	0.6	144.0	-0.08	Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM	0	Stem	0.0	38.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
URS-12-EN-28-AL-3-BETA-OL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
URS-12-EN-28-AL-3-BETA-OL	0	Leaf	not available	30.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
VANADIUM	16	Leaf	0.1	4.8	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
VANADIUM	16	Stem	0.0	1.6	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
YTTERBIUM	0	Leaf	0.1	0.7	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
YTTERBIUM	0	Stem	0.0	0.3	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
YTTRIUM	0	Leaf	0.1	14.4	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
YTTRIUM	0	Stem	0.0	3.8	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Leaf	3.0	192.0	0.65	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Stem	0.5	216.0	1.48	Duke, 1992 *
ZIRCONIUM	0	Leaf	0.6	6.7	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Lipotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	6	Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Litholytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lyase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Metal-Chelator	1	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Miotic	1	Martindale's 29th
MMP-9-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant	1	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic	1	Li, K.M. Effect of zinc sulphate on acetic acid-induced gastric ulceration in rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 657-659, 1990.
Musculotropic	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Myocontractant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.