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
1-CAFFEOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
1-CAFFEOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-FERULOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYLHEPTANE	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYLETHANOL	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
20-BETA-HYDROXYURSOLIC-ACID	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYL-CYCLOARTENOL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
30-BETA-HYDROXYURSOLIC-ACID	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
ACETALDEHYDE	6	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETALDEHYDE	6	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALKANES	0	Flower	210.0	70000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRENONE	0	Bark	not available	178.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Bark	not available	379.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN-PALMITATE	5	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HYDROXYBEHENIC-ACID	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTIRHININ	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antidiscotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Aluminum)	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium)	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Lead)	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paraquat)	1	Martindale's 28th
Antidote (pesticides)	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidysenteric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysgeuzic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic	12	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antienteritic	1	Duke, 1992 *