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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiatherogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatheromic	1	Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillus	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	29	Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticalculic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	13	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility	2	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.