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
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
Antiallergic	11	J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialopecic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran?	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiamblyopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic	4	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antianginal	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaphthic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiapoplectic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	7	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.