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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
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 140.0 693.0 -0.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MORRONISIDE 0 Shoot 500.0 1000.0 -1.00 *
MUCILAGE 3 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
N-NONACOSANE 1 Leaf *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 5.0 25.0 -0.48 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Leaf *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 8040.0 12800.0 -0.87 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 11658.0 18560.0 -0.32 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Fruit 1.0 7.0 -0.71 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit 400.0 1980.0 -0.47 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 369.0 2036.0 -0.36 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 2699.0 14356.0 -0.32 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROLINE 0 Fruit 250.0 1238.0 -0.76 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 6180.0 24750.0 -1.14 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROTEIN 0 Seed 106000.0 -1.14 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
QUERCETIN 176 Fruit *
RESIN 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 1.0 3.0 -0.43 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
RUBBER 0 Plant 12700.0 1.37 *
RUTIN 87 Flower 7700.0 52000.0 0.05 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticanker 2 *
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 *
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 *
AntiCFS 1 *
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 *
Anticlaudificant? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric 2 *
Anticold 1 *
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 *