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
CYANIDIN-3-SAMBUBIOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-SAMBUBIOSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIN	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOARTENOL	7	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEXTROSE	1	Fruit	25000.0	30000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
EMULSIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Flower	37.0	3200.0	-0.32	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ETHYL-AMINE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-SALICYLATE	4	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	800.0	5045.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	not available	48200.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	not available	123000.0	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
FATTY-ACIDS	0	Flower	not available	2000.0	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
FERULIC-ACID	61	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	63000.0	392935.0	2.37	Duke, 1992 *
FLAVOXANTHIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
FRUCTOSE	8	Fruit	24100.0	154150.0	1.57	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Fruit	31000.0	221410.0	1.45	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSIDES	0	Plant	not available	640.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HENEICOSANE	0	Plant	not available	23000.0	1.41	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 *