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
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 *

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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
Antiperiodontic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipermeability	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	8	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
AntiPGE2	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipharyngitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiphenylketonuric	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiphotophobic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplatelet	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio	3	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antipoliomyelitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.