Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Sambucus nigra (Adoxaceae)

Common Names
European Alder, European Elder, European Elderberry, Elder, Black 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
ISOAMYL-ALCOHOL 3 Flower Essent. Oil *
ISOAMYL-AMINE 0 Flower *
ISOAMYL-AMINE 0 Plant *
ISOBUTYL-AMINE 0 Flower *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Flower *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Flower *
LACTIC-ACID 8 Fruit 1800.0 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Flower *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Seed *
LEVULOSE 1 Fruit 21000.0 29000.0 -1.00 *
LIMONENE 60 Flower Essent. Oil *
LINALOOL 53 Flower Essent. Oil *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Flower *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Leaf *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Flower *
LUPEOL 21 Flower *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 265.0 1635.0 -0.23 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit 1200.0 19000.0 0.29 *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 2.0 11.0 -0.33 *
MARGARIC-ACID 0 Flower *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 (View) *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Acaricide 3 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 5 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 2 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Addictive 1 (View) Science News, 145: 294.
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 14 (View) *
Allelochemic 4 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 4 (View) Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 13 (View) Martindale's 29th
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 16 (View) Martindale's 28th