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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
MENTHOL 63 Flower Essent. Oil *
METHYL-ISOBUTYL-KETONE 2 Flower Essent. Oil *
MONTANYL-ALCOHOL 0 Flower *
MORRONISIDE 0 Shoot 1400.0 1.00 *
MUCILAGE 3 Plant Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
MYRCENE 22 Flower Essent. Oil *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Flower *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed *
N-HENEICOSANE 0 Flower Essent. Oil *
N-HENTRIACONTANE 3 Leaf *
N-HEPTACOSANE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
N-HEPTADECANE 0 Flower Essent. Oil *
N-HEXACOSANE 2 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
N-NONACOSANE 1 Leaf *
N-NONADECANE 0 Flower Essent. Oil *
N-OCTACOSANE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
N-OCTADECANE 0 Flower Essent. Oil *
N-PENTACOSANE 0 Leaf Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
N-TETRADECANE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
N-TRIACONTANE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticarcinogenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic 1 *
Anticariogenic 7 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 2 *
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 *
AntiCFS 2 *
Anticheilitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholestatic 1 Shukla, B., Visen, P.K.S., Patnaik, G.K., Tripathi, S.C., Srimal, R.C., Dayal, R., and Dobhal, P.C. Hepatoprotective Activity in the Rat of Ursolic Acid Isolated from Eucalyptus Hybrid. Phytotherapy Research 6: 74-79, 1992.
Antichoreic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic 1 *
Anticlastogen 2 *
Anticlimacteric 3 *
Anticoagulant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 *