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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Dermatitigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diaphoretic? | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90. |
| Differentiator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diuretic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Elastase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emetic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Essential | 8 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Estrogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Estrogenic? | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| FLavor | 5 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionigenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |