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
N-TRICOSANE	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEROL	10	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEROL-OXIDE	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Fruit	4.0	7.0	-0.72	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
NICOTINIC-ACID	11	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIGRIN-B	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIGRITIN-F-1	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIGRITIN-F-2	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONADECAN-1-OL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONADECANOIC-ACID	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCIMENE	2	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTACOSAN-1-OL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-1-AL	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Bark	not available	503.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Fruit	not available	410.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Flower	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.

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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.