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Plant 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
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
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic 2 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Antipsoriac 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipurpuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 12 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antirenitic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antiretinopathic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiretinotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic 7 Martindale's 28th
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *