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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
SODIUM 1 Fruit 75.0 535.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE 14 Fruit 700.0 9530.0 -0.68 Duke, 1992 *
SUGAR 0 Fruit 47000.0 58000.0 -0.88 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Leaf 4400.0 30000.0 -0.98 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Flower Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TETRACOSAN-1-OL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Plant not available 1.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-LINALOOL-OXIDE 0 Flower Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ROSE-OXIDE 0 Flower Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICOSAN-1-OL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICOSANE 0 Flower not available 18720.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TRIDECANOIC-ACID 2 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Fruit 2200.0 2900.0 0.20 Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UNDECYLENIC-ACID 3 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 4 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacetylcholinesterase 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiaflatoxin 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.