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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Sambucus nigra (Adoxaceae)

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
CAPRYLIC-ACID 5 Seed *
CARQUEOL-ACETATE 0 Flower Essent. Oil *
CERYL-ALCOHOL 0 Bark *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Flower 26000.0 -1.00 *
CHOLESTEROL 1 Flower *
CHOLESTEROL 1 Plant *
CHOLESTEROL 1 Hh *
CHOLINE 20 Bark *
CHOLINE 20 Flower *
CHOLINE 20 Leaf *
CHRYSANTHEMIN 0 Fruit *
CIS-LINALOOL-OXIDE 0 Flower Essent. Oil *
CIS-ROSE-OXIDE 0 Flower Essent. Oil *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit 500.0 7340.0 -0.53 *
CONIINE 2 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CYANIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit *
CYANIDIN-3-O-(6-O-CIS-P-COUMAROYL-2-O-BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSYL)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE-5-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Fruit *
CYANIDIN-3-O-(6-O-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL-2-O-BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSYL)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE-5-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Fruit *
CYANIDIN-3-O-(6-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL-2-O-BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSYL)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Fruit *
CYANIDIN-3-SAMBUBIOSIDE 0 Fruit *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cosmetic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 1 *
COX-1-Inhibitor 2 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 7 *
Culicide 1 *
Cyanogenic 2 *
Cyclooxygenase-Activator 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 5 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytoprotective 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic 10 *
Decongestant? 1 Eccles, R., et al. 1989. The effects of oral administration of (-)-menthol on nasal resistance to airflow and nasal sensation of airflow in subjects suffering from nasal congestion associated with the common cold. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 652-654, 1990.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent 3 *
Deodorant 2 Can. Pharm. Assoc. Medication. 1988
Dermatitigenic 2 *
Detoxicant 2 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diaphoretic 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Diaphoretic? 3 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.