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
CAPRYLIC-ACID	5	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARQUEOL-ACETATE	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CERYL-ALCOHOL	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Flower	not available	26000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL	1	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL	1	Hh	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHEMIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-LINALOOL-OXIDE	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ROSE-OXIDE	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID	23	Fruit	500.0	7340.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
CONIINE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CYANIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-O-(6-O-CIS-P-COUMAROYL-2-O-BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSYL)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE-5-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-O-(6-O-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL-2-O-BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSYL)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE-5-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-O-(6-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL-2-O-BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSYL)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-SAMBUBIOSIDE	0	Fruit	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
Antisunburn	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X	4	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
Antitartar	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiTGF-beta	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin	2	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antithrombogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithromboxane	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid	3	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antithyrotoxic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride	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
Antitrypanosomic	3	Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antitubercular	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	22	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain)	1	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Breast)	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	2	Duke, 1992 *