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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
Antitumor (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 6 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 3 Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
Antiulcer 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaricose 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 10 Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991.
Antiwrinkle 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Artemicide 1 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.