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
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDYL-ALCOHOL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	128.0	1515.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	739.0	11000.0	0.58	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	8600.0	48765.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN	7	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BALANOPHORIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN-PALMITATE	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
BETA-AMYRIN-PALMITATE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	100.0	150.0	0.14	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
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Kidney)	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 (Liver)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	10	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	17	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiurethrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antivaricose	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.