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Plant Sambucus nigra (Adoxaceae)

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Common name(s)
Black Elder, Elder, European Alder, European Elder, European Elderberry
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 1-CAFFEOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE Plant -- -- -- *
0 1-CAFFEOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE Flower -- -- -- Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
0 1-FERULOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE Plant -- -- -- *
0 2-METHYLHEPTANE Flower Essent. Oil -- -- -- *
0 2-PHENYLETHANOL Flower Essent. Oil -- -- -- *
0 20-BETA-HYDROXYURSOLIC-ACID Flower -- -- -- *
0 24-METHYL-CYCLOARTENOL Flower -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
0 30-BETA-HYDROXYURSOLIC-ACID Flower -- -- -- Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
6 ACETALDEHYDE Flower Essent. Oil -- -- -- *
6 ACETALDEHYDE Leaf Essent. Oil -- -- -- *
0 ALKANES Flower 210.0 70000.0 -- *
0 ALPHA-AMYRENONE Bark -- 178.0 -- *
10 ALPHA-AMYRIN Leaf -- -- -- *
10 ALPHA-AMYRIN Bark -- 379.0 -- *
10 ALPHA-AMYRIN Flower -- -- -- *
5 ALPHA-AMYRIN-PALMITATE Leaf -- -- -- *
0 ALPHA-HYDROXYBEHENIC-ACID Bark -- -- -- *
23 ALPHA-TERPINEOL Flower Essent. Oil -- -- -- *
0 ANTIRHININ Fruit -- -- -- *
0 ARACHIDIC-ACID Seed -- -- -- *
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.