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
HEPTACOSAN-1-OL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTADECAN-1-OL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTADECENOIC-ACID	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-1-AL	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-2-EN-1-AL	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-2-EN-1-AL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-3-EN-1-OL	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-3-EN-1-OL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-4-EN-1-OL	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXACOSAN-1-OL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXEN-2-AL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HOTRIENOL	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE	30	Plant	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.
INDOLE	15	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INVERTOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Fruit	15.0	90.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
ISOAMYL-ACETATE	2	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiobesity	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiobesity?	1	Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4.
Antiodontalgic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antiophidic	4	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiophthalmic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiorchitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxalate	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant	30	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant Synergist	3	Merck 11th Edition
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipapillomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontal	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).