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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Viburnum prunifolium (Caprifoliaceae)

Common Names
Black Haw
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
VIBURNUM PRUNIFOLIUM GLUCOSIDE 0 Bark *
VIBURNUM PRUNIFOLIUM POLYENE 0 Root Bark *
VOLATILE ORGANIC ACIDS 0 Root Bark *
VOLATILE ORGANIC ACIDS 0 Stem Bark *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 3 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteolytic 1 *
Oviposition-Stimulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 5 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide 19 *
Phagocytotic 1 *
Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Photoactive 1 *
Phytoalexin 1 *
Phytohormonal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Piscicide 2 *
Potassium-Sparing 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Poultice 1 Martindale's 29th
Preservative 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Propecic 3 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 2 Hung, H.C., Lai, M.W., Wang, H.R., Chung, Y.L., Hsieh, L.M., Chen, C.C. 1993. Antiproliferative Effect of Esculetin on Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells: Possible Roles of Signal Transduction Pathways. Eur J Pharmacol, 237(1): 39-44.
Protease-Inhibitor 1 *
Protisticide 2 Martindale's 29th
Psychotropic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.