Christopher J. Patton, MA, MBA
Founding Director
Please note: The following presentation summaries from the First International Symposium on ELDERBERRY held June 9-14, 2013 and hosted at Stoney Creek Inn, Columbia, MO by the University of Missouri. The first half of each entry quotes directly from the printed presentation abstracts provided by the authors in bold font. My personal evaluation of potential present and future relevance to elderberry growers and consumers of elder fruit and flower products follow each quotation in regular font.
Of course, in both cases a large amount of information has been left out due to my editorial objectives of reporting concise statements of key learnings. My selection of what was important represents my own experiential bias without intentional critique of anyone’s research. Also, I could not physically attend all presentations; therefore, some presentations will have more commentary due my including information derived from the questions and answers that occurred after each presentation. All of the symposium's papers were published in a special edition of Acta Horticulturae.
Some important terms:
- polyphenol - a structural class of mainly natural, but also synthetic or semisynthetic, organic chemicals characterized by the presence of large multiples of phenol structural units. The number and characteristics of these phenol structures underlie the unique physical, chemical, and biological (metabolic, toxic, therapeutic, etc.) properties of particular members of the class. They may be broadly classified as phenolic acids, flavonoids, stilbenes, and lignans.
- cytokines - small signaling molecules used for cell signaling. Cytokines can be classified as proteins, peptides, or glycoproteins; the term "cytokine" encompasses a large and diverse family of regulators produced throughout the body by cells of diverse embryological origin.
- lectins - Lectins are carbohydrate-binding proteins
- hyperlipidemia - abnormally elevated levels of any or all lipids and/or lipoproteins in the blood
This list of review articles will be under construction for some weeks.
Click here to print a pdf document containing all summaries on this page.
- Bioactive Compounds of Elder with Focus on their Potential Anti-diabetic Effects.pdf
- Clinical Studies on the Effects of Sambucol.pdf
- Effect of Sambucol on the Immune System.pdf
- Elderberry Juice Prevents Prostate Cancer-Mouse Model.pdf
- Health from the Root to the Flower.pdf
- Lectins of Sambucus nigra as Biologically Active and DNA-protective Substances.pdf
- Lectins of Sambucus nigra in Regulation of Cellular DNA-protective Mechanisms.pdf
- Pharmacological and Clinical_Effects_of_Elderberry_Fruit.pdf
- Usefulness_of_Elderberry_Fruit_as_Functional_Food.pdf