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
LAUROCERASIN	0	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEAD	0	Leaf	0.3	67.0	0.84	Duke, 1992 *
LEAD	0	Stem	0.2	108.0	0.83	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDINS	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
MAGNESIUM	65	Leaf	435.0	9600.0	2.11	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Stem	28.0	5400.0	0.27	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Leaf	0.0	1.9	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Stem	0.0	0.2	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
NEODYMIUM	0	Leaf	2.0	19.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Leaf	0.0	6.7	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Stem	0.0	2.7	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	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.
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	261.0	4608.0	-0.07	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Stem	114.0	2592.0	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	1624.0	26880.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Stem	80.0	15120.0	-0.02	Duke, 1992 *
PRUNASIN	2	Bark	5000.0	15000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PRUNASIN	2	Leaf	not available	562.0	-0.78	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	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.