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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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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 70.0 *
CYANIDIN-3-O-(6-O-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL-2-O-BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSYL)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Fruit 80.0 *
CYANIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-XYLOGLUCOSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit *
CYANIDIN-3-SAMBUBIOSIDE 0 Fruit *
CYANIDIN-3-SAMBUBIOSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit *
CYANIDIN-3-XYLOGLUCOSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE-P-COUMARATE 0 Fruit *
CYANIN 5 Fruit *
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 *
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 *
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 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat 1 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 *
Beta-Blocker 3 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 2 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 1 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive 19 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 2 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Capillariprotective 2 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 4 Science News, 146: 421.
Cardioprotective 5 *
Cardiotonic 1 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *