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Common Names
European Alder; European Elder; European Elderberry; Elder; Black Elder
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISOAMYL-ALCOHOL | 3 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOAMYL-AMINE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOAMYL-AMINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOBUTYL-AMINE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOQUERCITRIN | 22 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LACTIC-ACID | 8 | Fruit | not available | 1800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEVULOSE | 1 | Fruit | 21000.0 | 29000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUPEOL | 21 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Fruit | 265.0 | 1635.0 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | Fruit | 1200.0 | 19000.0 | 0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Fruit | 2.0 | 11.0 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MARGARIC-ACID | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antisalmonella | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisarcomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antischizophrenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiscorbutic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiscotomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseborrheic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiseptic | 20 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Antiserotonin | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antishingles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antishock | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antisinusitic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antispare-Tire | 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 |
| Antispasmodic | 18 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Antispasmophilic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antistaphylococcic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisteatotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antistreptococcic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistress | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antistroke | 2 | 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 |