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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.
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
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf not available 150.0 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Flower Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETULIN 13 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETULIN 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BIOTIN 4 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -1.00 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BUT-3-EN-2-ONE 0 Flower Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUT-3-EN-2-ONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYL-ACETATE 0 Flower Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 235.0 1440.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-NITRATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPRIFOLIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 20000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPRONIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *