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Plant Sambucus canadensis (Adoxaceae)

Common Names
American Elder, Elderberry, American Elderberry, Sweet Elder
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALANINE 3 Fruit 300.0 1485.0 -0.87 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN-PALMITATE 5 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN-PALMITATE 5 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed 1206.0 1920.0 -0.47 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ARGININE 14 Fruit 470.0 2326.0 -0.53 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 360.0 1782.0 -0.17 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASH 0 Fruit 6150.0 32918.0 -0.61 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 580.0 2871.0 -0.96 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BALANOPHORIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BALDRIANIC-ACID 0 Bark not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-AMYRIN-PALMITATE 3 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 4.0 18.0 -0.12 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 380.0 1881.0 -0.46 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CAMPESTEROL 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 184000.0 910800.0 0.68 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CHRYSANTHEMIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3,5-DI-O-BETA-D-DIGLUCOSIDE-P-COUMARATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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