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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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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
CYANIDIN-3-O-(6-O-CIS-P-COUMAROYL-2-O-BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSYL)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE-5-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Fruit not available 70.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-O-(6-O-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL-2-O-BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSYL)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Fruit not available 80.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-XYLOGLUCOSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-SAMBUBIOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-SAMBUBIOSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-XYLOGLUCOSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE-P-COUMARATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIN 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Fruit 150.0 742.0 -0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FAT 0 Fruit 5000.0 24750.0 -0.45 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FAT 0 Seed 201000.0 320000.0 0.29 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 70000.0 346000.0 1.93 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 960.0 4752.0 -0.66 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 360.0 1782.0 -0.71 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit 150.0 742.0 -0.68 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
IRON 6 Plant 16.0 79.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 270.0 1336.0 -0.69 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 600.0 2970.0 -0.45 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 106530.0 169600.0 0.54 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed 68340.0 108800.0 1.32 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LYSINE 4 Plant 260.0 1287.0 -1.10 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antisickling 2 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antispasmodic 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistreptococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistress 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisunburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
AntiTGF-beta 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithrombogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitrypanosomic 2 Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antitumor 6 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 3 Duke, 1992 *