An Evidence-Based Systematic Review of Elderberry and Elderflower (Sambucus nigra) by the Natural Standard Research Collaboration

Creator(s)

Catherine Ulbricht, Massachusetts General Hospital
Ethan Basch, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Lisa Cheung, University of Rhode Island
Harley Goldberg, Kaiser Permanente
Paul Hammerness, Harvard Medical School
Richard Isaac, Natural Standard
Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa, Bastyr University
Aviva Romm, Journal of the American Herbalists Guild
Idalia Rychlik, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Minney Varghese, Northeastern University
Wendy Weissner, Natural Standard
Regina C. Windsor, Natural Standard
Jayme Wortley, East Tennessee State University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1-2014

Description

An evidence-based systematic review of elderberry and elderflower (Sambucus nigra) by the Natural Standard Research Collaboration consolidates the safety and efficacy data available in the scientific literature using a validated, reproducible grading rationale. This article includes written and statistical analysis of clinical trials, plus a compilation of expert opinion, folkloric precedent, history, pharmacology, kinetics/dynamics, interactions, adverse effects, toxicology, and dosing.

Citation Information

Ulbricht, Catherine; Basch, Ethan; Cheung, Lisa; Goldberg, Harley; Hammerness, Paul; Isaac, Richard; Khalsa, Karta Purkh Singh; Romm, Aviva; Rychlik, Idalia; Varghese, Minney; Weissner, Wendy; Windsor, Regina C.; and Wortley, Jayme. 2014. An Evidence-Based Systematic Review of Elderberry and Elderflower (Sambucus nigra) by the Natural Standard Research Collaboration. Journal of Dietary Supplements. Vol.11(1). 80-120. https://doi.org/10.3109/19390211.2013.859852 PMID: 24409980 ISSN: 1939-0211