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Plant Sambucus nigra (Adoxaceae)

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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
N-TRICOSANE 0 Flower Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEROL 10 Flower Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEROL-OXIDE 0 Flower Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 4.0 7.0 -0.72 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
NICOTINIC-ACID 11 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIGRIN-B 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIGRITIN-F-1 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIGRITIN-F-2 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONADECAN-1-OL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONADECANOIC-ACID 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCIMENE 2 Flower Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTACOSAN-1-OL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-1-AL 0 Flower Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Bark not available 503.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit not available 410.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Flower not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 6 Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge 12 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Insulinotonic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Interferon-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 12 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
JNK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Larvicide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Larvistat 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 5 Duke, 1992 *
Laxative? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.