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Plant Sorbus aucubaria (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Rowan Berry
How this plant is used
Food

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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
COBALT 2 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Fruit 0.8 4.0 -0.69 Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN 40 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN-GALLATE 12 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 210000.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE 0 Fruit 0.2 1.5 0.14 Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HCN 9 Fruit 20.0 37.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEMICELLULOSE 0 Wood not available 334800.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 7.0 58.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID 4 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-BETA-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEAD 0 Fruit 0.1 3.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
LECITHIN 20 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIGNIN 13 Wood not available 464400.0 1.63 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
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic 2 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Anticalculic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 7 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 2 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) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility 1 Merck 7th Ed.
Anticarcinogenic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticariogenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticataract 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 1 Duke, 1992 *