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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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antihemorrhagic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 4 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihypercholesterolemic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 3 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antihyperthyroid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiimplantation 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antiischemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiLegionella 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *