E.T. Oganesian, O.A.Andreeva, A.A.Volkova, S.A.Kuleshova, N.V. Postnikova

The 70 % alcohol-water extract of one - and biannual Cerasus vulgaris Mill. shoots has been established to contain a number of compounds of the phenolic nature by the chromato-mass-spectrometry method. Fourteen substances have been identified and shown to relate to the groups of flavonoids, hydroxicinnamic acids, coumarins, anthraquinones. Biological tests of the dry extract prepared by the 70 % alcohol extraction as well have been shown it to exhibit the stimulating effect on the motility of the gastro-intestinal tract and to possess some antimicrobial activity. Minimum inhibitory dose has been stated to be 2000 - 2500 mkg/ml in relation to staphylococci to fluctuate from 2000 to 20000 mkg/ml in relation to various kinds of the enterobacteria and to be 1000 - 2000 mkg/ml in relation to bacilli.