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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiinflammatory	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsulinogenic	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
AntiLegionella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	1	Martindale's 29th
Antileukemic	5	Life Sciences 55: 1061.
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotrienogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiLyme	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphocytic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic	2	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antimaculitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial	2	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimanic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastalgic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).