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Plant Prunus spinosa (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Blackthorn; Sloe
How this plant is used
Food
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
10-NONACOSANOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMYGDALIN 8 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMYGDALIN 8 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EMULSIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFERIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3,7-ALPHA-L-DIRHAMNOFURANOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-ALPHA-L-ARABOFURANOSIDE-7-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOFURANOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-ALPHA-L-ARABOFURANOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOFURANOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-4'-ARABINOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-7-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOFURANOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LF 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONACOSANE 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN 24 Fruit 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
Antialzheimeran 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 1 Meli, R., Autore, G., Di Carlo, G., Capasso, F. Inhibitory Action of Quercetin on Intestinal Transit in Mice. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 201, 1990.
Antiandrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiangiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiapoplectic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatheromic 1 Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 10 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Anticancer 5 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *