Wild Cherry Bark and Wild Cherry Bark Extract.

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Mechanisms and Pharmacology of Cherry Bark.

Wild Cherry Bark Extract.Wild Cherry Extract INCI Name Prunus Serotina Bark Extract CAS 84604-07-9 Prunus Serotina Extract 84604-07-9.EINECS ELINCS No 283-284-0 Prunus serotina Ehrh black cherry bark Old Indian Wild Cherry Bark photo picture image Pharmacological basis: Wild Cherry bark is used as a pharmaceutical flavor. Because of the cyanide in the leaves and bark, this tree is a hazard to livestock particularly when leaves are wilted and hydrolysis has taken place.

 The young, potent inner back of Wild Cherry - this native North American tree gets its pro-health properties from a cyanogenic glycoside known as prunasin. Once absorbed in by the body, prunasin can assist the body in calming coughs, even those that begin deep in the smallest airways of the lungs. Furthermore, many herbalists believe that Wild Cherry can be used to ease minor pains and promote feelings of well-being.

 Cherry Bark is a fine expectorant that loosens and expels phlegm from the lungs and has helped bronchitis, colds, flu, dry coughs, tuberculosis and many other pulmonary complaints. It is also a mild sedative that not only calms coughs, but also nervous irritability and nervous indigestion.

 Frequent colds and respiratory infections are often relieved by Echinacea Echinacea angustifolia), or purple coneflower. Used traditionally by Native Americans as a "blood purifier," Echinacea enhances the immune system's function by increasing the body's own natural properdin, an immunity-helping protein found in the blood serum, thus raising one's level of resistance to infection.If you do get a cold and want a safe cough expectorant, wild cherry bark (Prunus serotina) has been used for centuries for that very purpose. This has not escaped the notice of pharmaceutical companies, which have isolated the prussic acid of wild cherry bark as an active ingredient in thinning mucus secretions in the lungs.

 The bark contains the glycoside prunasin, which is converted in the digestive tract to the highly toxic hydrocyanic acid. Prunasin is at its highest level in the bark in the autumn so the bark is harvested at this time and can be dried for later use. In small amounts this exceedingly poisonous compound stimulates respiration, improves digestion and gives a sense of well-being.

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last edit date:17th,June.2009.