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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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Rodenticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative 2 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
Sialogogue 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sodium-Sparing 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Spasmogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Spermigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Styptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sunscreen 1 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Teratologic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
TOPO-2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 3 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 2 Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225.
Toxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer 2 Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Trypanocide 1 Duke, 1992 *