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Plant Prunus serotina (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Black Cherry; Wild Cherry
How this plant is used
Food
Subspecies
serotina
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antiasthmatic 5 Watt, J.M., and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. 1962.
Antiatherogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 10 Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic 1 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antibronchoconstrictor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 6 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon) 1 Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticanker 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinogenic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticariogenic 3 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Anticataract 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticephalagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticholestatic 1 Shukla, B., Visen, P.K.S., Patnaik, G.K., Tripathi, S.C., Srimal, R.C., Dayal, R., and Dobhal, P.C. Hepatoprotective Activity in the Rat of Ursolic Acid Isolated from Eucalyptus Hybrid. Phytotherapy Research 6: 74-79, 1992.