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Botanical Name |
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Prunus spinosa L. |
English
Name |
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Blackthorn and Sloe |
Family |
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Rosaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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Pretty thorny shrub growing as high as 3 m; the white flowers blossom in the spring before the leaves appear; the fruits (poisonous) resemble a smaller version of a plum. |
| Herb Effects |
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Slightly diuretic, laxative and supposedly prevents ailments associated with chills (flowering plant); improves metabolism and antiaging (fruit); aperient, astringent, depurative, diaphoretic, diuretic, febrifuge, laxative and stomachic (flowers, bark, leaves and fruits) |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Amygdalin, hyperoside, kaempferol, quercetin, quercitrin, rutin (flower); beta-sitosterol, tannin (fruit); caffeic acid, cyanidin, ferulic acid (plant) |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Amygdalin |
672-72-0 |
2-phenyl-2-[3,4,5-tr
ihydroxy-6-[[3,4,5-t
rihydroxy-6-(hydroxy
methyl)oxa
n-2-yl]o
xymethyl]oxan-2-yl]o
xy-acetonitrile |
C20H27NO11 |
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| Hyperoside |
482-36-0 |
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-4,5-dihydroxy-3-
[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-
(hydroxyme
thyl)oxa
n-2-yl]oxy-chromen-7
-one |
C21H20O12 |
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| Kaempferol |
80714-53-0 |
3-[3-[4,5-dihydroxy-
6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-
[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-
(hydroxyme
thyl)oxa
n-2-yl]oxy-oxan-2-yl
]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6
-(hydroxymethyl)oxan
-2
-yl]oxy-4,5-dihy
droxy-2-(4-hydroxyph
enyl)-chromen-7-one |
C33H40O21 |
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| Quercetin |
Not Available |
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-3,4,5-trihydroxy
-chromen-7-one |
C15H10O7 |
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| Quercitrin |
6151-25-3 |
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-4,5-dihydroxy-3-
(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-
methyl-oxa
n-2-yl)o
xy-chromen-7-one |
C21H20O11 |
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| Rutin |
Not Available |
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-4,5-dihydroxy-3-
[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-
[(3,4,5-tr
ihydroxy
-6-methyl-tetrahydro
pyran-2-yl)oxymethyl
]tetrahydropyran-2-y
l]
oxy-chromen-7-on
e trihydrate |
C27H36O19 |
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| Beta-sitosterol |
5779-62-4 |
17-(5-ethyl-6-methyl
-heptan-2-yl)-10,13-
dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9
,11,12,14, |
C29H50O |
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| Tannin |
1401-55-4 |
Not Available |
C27H22O18 |
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| Caffeic acid |
Not Available |
3-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)prop-2-enoic acid |
C9H8O4 |
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| Cyanidin |
87725-42-6 |
[2-(3,4-dihydroxyphe
nyl)-3,7-dihydroxy-c
hromen-5-ylidene]oxo
nium |
C15H11O6+ |
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| Ferulic acid |
24276-84-4 |
3-(4-hydroxy-3-metho
xy-phenyl)prop-2-eno
ic acid |
C10H10O4 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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As a laxative (especially for juveniles and the elderly) and in rheumatism (flowering plant); in the treatment of diarrhoea (especially for children), bladder and kidney disorders, stomach weakness (infusion of flower) |
| Contraindication |
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Fresh fruit should not be digested since they can be poisonous. |
| Reference |
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 Stary, Medicinal Herbs and Plants.
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