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Common Names
European Alder; European Elder; European Elderberry; Elder; Black Elder
How this plant is used
Food
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| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antilupus | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| AntiLyme | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilymphocytic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antilymphomic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimaculitic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimalarial | 6 | Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary**, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum*. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986. |
| Antimange | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimanic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimastalgic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimastitic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimeasles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antimelanogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimelanomic | 3 | New York Times, 3/28/95. |
| AntiMeniere's | 1 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| Antimenopausal | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimenorrhagic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimetastatic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimetastatic (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimigraine | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antimite | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |