Plant Sambucus nigra (Adoxaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
Antiinfertility	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory	28	Martindale's 28th
Antiinsomniac	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiketotic	2	Merck 11th Edition
AntiLegionella	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	2	Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic	11	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukorrheic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antileukotriene	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilisteria	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	5	Duke, 1992 *