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

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

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
RUTIN 87 Leaf 35000.0 38000.0 1.35 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 5628.0 8960.0 -0.37 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
STIGMASTEROL 12 Leaf *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
TANNIN 35 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 1.0 3.0 -0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THREONINE 4 Fruit 270.0 1336.0 -0.70 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit 130.0 559.0 -0.41 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE 8 Fruit 510.0 2524.0 0.04 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VALINE 3 Fruit 330.0 1634.0 -0.58 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiprotozoal 1 *
Antipruritic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipsychotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antipurpuric 1 *
Antipyretic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 2 *
Antirenitic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinotic 1 *
Antirheumatic 4 Martindale's 29th
Antirheumatitic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antirhinitic 1 *
Antisarcomic 1 *
Antiscoliotic 1 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 *
Antiseptic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.