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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SODIUM | 1 | Fruit | 75.0 | 535.0 | -0.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Fruit | 700.0 | 9530.0 | -0.68 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUGAR | 0 | Fruit | 47000.0 | 58000.0 | -0.88 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNIN | 35 | Leaf | 4400.0 | 30000.0 | -0.98 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRACOSAN-1-OL | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Plant | not available | 1.0 | -0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-LINALOOL-OXIDE | 0 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-ROSE-OXIDE | 0 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICOSAN-1-OL | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICOSANE | 0 | Flower | not available | 18720.0 | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| TRIDECANOIC-ACID | 2 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Fruit | 2200.0 | 2900.0 | 0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| UNDECYLENIC-ACID | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Termiticide | 3 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Termitifuge | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Testosteronigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Thymoprotective | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Tissue-Thromboplastin-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TNF-alpha-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TOPO-2-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 2 | Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237. |
| Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 5 | Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225. |
| Tranquilizer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Transdermal | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Trichomonicide | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Triglycerigenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Trypanocide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tumor-Promoter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tumorigenic | 3 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170. |
| Ubiquiot | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |