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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
CYANIDIN-3-SAMBUBIOSIDE 0 Plant *
CYANIDIN-3-SAMBUBIOSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
CYANIN 5 Fruit *
CYCLOARTENOL 7 Flower *
DEXTROSE 1 Fruit 25000.0 30000.0 -1.00 *
EMULSIN 0 Plant *
EO 0 Flower 37.0 3200.0 -0.32 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ETHYL-AMINE 0 Flower *
ETHYL-SALICYLATE 4 Leaf Essent. Oil *
FAT 0 Fruit 800.0 5045.0 -0.60 *
FAT 0 Leaf 48200.0 -0.16 *
FAT 0 Seed 123000.0 -0.75 *
FATTY-ACIDS 0 Flower 2000.0 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant *
FIBER 15 Fruit 63000.0 392935.0 2.37 *
FLAVOXANTHIN 0 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
FRUCTOSE 8 Fruit 24100.0 154150.0 1.57 *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit 31000.0 221410.0 1.45 *
GLUCOSIDES 0 Plant 640.0 *
HENEICOSANE 0 Plant 23000.0 1.41 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Leptingenic 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
Leucocytogenic 2 *
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 2 *
Lipolytic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Lipotropic 1 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 8 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Lubricant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor 1 *
MAO-Inhibitor 2 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 *
Memorigenic 1 *
Memory-Enhancer 1 Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator 3 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor 2 *