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
Myotonic	1	Martindale's 29th
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Narcotic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Natriuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide	1	Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
NEP-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nephrotoxic	2	Martindale's 29th
Neuroprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotransmitter	2	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	4	Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
P450-Inducer	1	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor	1	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pancreatoxic	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
Parasympathomimetic	2	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Peristaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *