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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CAPRYLIC-ACID 5 Seed *
CARQUEOL-ACETATE 0 Flower Essent. Oil *
CERYL-ALCOHOL 0 Bark *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Flower 26000.0 -1.00 *
CHOLESTEROL 1 Flower *
CHOLESTEROL 1 Plant *
CHOLESTEROL 1 Hh *
CHOLINE 20 Bark *
CHOLINE 20 Flower *
CHOLINE 20 Leaf *
CHRYSANTHEMIN 0 Fruit *
CIS-LINALOOL-OXIDE 0 Flower Essent. Oil *
CIS-ROSE-OXIDE 0 Flower Essent. Oil *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit 500.0 7340.0 -0.53 *
CONIINE 2 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CYANIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit *
CYANIDIN-3-O-(6-O-CIS-P-COUMAROYL-2-O-BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSYL)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE-5-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Fruit *
CYANIDIN-3-O-(6-O-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL-2-O-BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSYL)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE-5-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Fruit *
CYANIDIN-3-O-(6-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL-2-O-BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSYL)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Fruit *
CYANIDIN-3-SAMBUBIOSIDE 0 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimitotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 *
AntiMS 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 18 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antimyocarditic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinauseant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antineoplastic 1 *
Antinephritic 4 *
Antinephrolytic 1 *
Antineuralgic 4 *
Antineuramidase 1 *
Antineurasthenic 1 *
Antineuritic 1 *
Antineuropathic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinitrosaminic 6 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 10 Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990.
Antinyctalopic 1 *