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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Prunus serotina (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Black Cherry; Wild Cherry
How this plant is used
Food
Subspecies
serotina

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(R)-AMYGDALIN 0 Seed *
(R)-PRUNASIN 0 Seed *
2-ALPHA-3-ALPHA-DIHYDROXYURS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Leaf 35.0 *
3,4,5-TRIMETHOXYBENZOIC-ACID 0 Bark Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ACETYL-CHOLINE 19 Leaf 1.7 -1.00 *
ACETYL-CHOLINE 19 Plant Abstract (See species file)
ALUMINUM 5 Leaf 14.0 1440.0 0.76 *
ALUMINUM 5 Stem 0.0 540.0 -0.45 *
AMYGDALIN 8 Stem Bark 31600.0 41200.0 *
ASH 0 Leaf 29000.0 96000.0 -0.40 *
ASH 0 Stem 1900.0 54000.0 -0.51 *
BARIUM 0 Leaf 1.0 960.0 1.55 *
BARIUM 0 Stem 6.0 810.0 -0.10 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Bark Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSE-1-BENZOATE 0 Leaf 813.0 *
BETA-GLYCOSIDASE 0 Seed Abstract (See species file)
BORON 4 Leaf 2.0 48.0 -0.36 *
BORON 4 Stem 0.0 54.0 1.61 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 4060.0 32640.0 0.97 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticholinergic 1 *
Antichoreic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic 1 *
Anticirrhotic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen 1 *
Anticlimacteric 2 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticolitic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplement 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Anticomplementary 1 *
Anticonvulsant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 2 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
AntiCrohn's 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticystinuric 1 *
Anticystitic 1 *
Antidandruff 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidementia 2 *
Antidepressant 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.