Plant Sambucus canadensis (Adoxaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

American Elder; Elderberry; American Elderberry; Sweet Elder

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	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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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
AntiPGE2	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipharyngitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiphenylketonuric	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiphotophobic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplasmodial	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplatelet	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 197.
Antipoliomyelitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic	5	Duke, 1992 *