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
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 *