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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Flower *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Leaf Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Flower *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed *
PECTIN 24 Flower Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PECTIN 24 Leaf 2300.0 -1.54 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
PENT-3-EN-2-ONE 0 Flower Essent. Oil *
PENTACOSAN-1-OL 0 Flower *
PENTADECANOIC-ACID 1 Flower *
PENTADECENOIC-ACID 0 Flower *
PENTENOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE 2 Fruit *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE 2 Leaf Essent. Oil *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 540.0 3300.0 0.03 *
PLASTOCYNIN 0 Flower Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 105.0 22090.0 0.37 *
PROPIONIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Flower Essent. Oil *
PROPIONIC-ACID-PROPYL-ESTER 0 Flower Essent. Oil *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 19400.0 114910.0 0.07 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Monoamine-Precursor 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mosquitocide 1 *
Mosquitofuge 2 *
Motor-Depressant 3 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic 4 *
Mycobactericide 2 *
Myoprotective 1 *
Myorelaxant 5 Martindale's 29th
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Narcotic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Natriuretic 1 *
Nematicide 10 Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
Neoplastic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NEP-Inhibitor 1 *
Neurodepressant 1 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.
Neuropathogenic 1 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.
Neuroprotective 3 *
Neurotransmitter 1 *