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Common Names
American Elder; Elderberry; American Elderberry; Sweet Elder
How this plant is used
Food
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anticanker | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticapillary-Fragility | 1 | Merck 7th Ed. |
| Anticarcinomic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticarcinomic (Breast) | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Anticardiospasmic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticariogenic | 3 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Anticarpal-Tunnel | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticataract | 7 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticephalagic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Anticervicaldysplasic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiCFS | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticheilitic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antichilblain | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Anticlastogen | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticlaudificant? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Anticlimacteric | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticold | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticolitic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticomplement | 1 | Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
| Anticomplementary | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |