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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
Antilipoperoxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 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 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimelanogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antimitotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimutagenic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antimyocarditic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antineoplastic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic 3 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 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiophidic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiperiodontal 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).