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
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN	24	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PECTIN	24	Leaf	not available	2300.0	-1.54	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
PENT-3-EN-2-ONE	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTACOSAN-1-OL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTADECANOIC-ACID	1	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTADECENOIC-ACID	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTENOL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE	2	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	540.0	3300.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
PLASTOCYNIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	105.0	22090.0	0.37	Duke, 1992 *
PROPIONIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROPIONIC-ACID-PROPYL-ESTER	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	19400.0	114910.0	0.07	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 *