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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
LAUROCERASIN 0 Stem Bark *
LEAD 0 Leaf 0.3 67.0 0.84 *
LEAD 0 Stem 0.2 108.0 0.83 *
LEUCOCYANIDINS 0 Bark 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 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Stem 28.0 5400.0 0.27 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Leaf 0.0 1.9 -0.18 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Stem 0.0 0.2 -0.73 *
NEODYMIUM 0 Leaf 2.0 19.0 -0.15 *
NICKEL 3 Leaf 0.0 6.7 -0.29 *
NICKEL 3 Stem 0.0 2.7 -1.00 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Bark 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 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Stem 114.0 2592.0 0.06 *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 1624.0 26880.0 -0.15 *
POTASSIUM 14 Stem 80.0 15120.0 -0.02 *
PRUNASIN 2 Bark 5000.0 15000.0 *
PRUNASIN 2 Leaf 562.0 -0.78 *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant *
RESIN 0 Stem Bark *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimelanogenic 1 *
Antimelanomic 1 *
Antimenopausal 2 *
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 3 *
Antimigraine 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 *
AntiMRSA 1 *
AntiMS 1 *
Antimutagenic 8 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antimyocarditic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinephritic 2 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antinephrolytic 1 *
Antineuropathic 1 *
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinitrosaminic 4 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinociceptive 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic 1 *
Antiobesity 3 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
Antiobesity? 1 Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4.