Bioactive Compounds from Elderberry: Extraction, Health Benefits, and Food Applications

Elderberries are appreciated for their antioxidant properties. Sambucus nigra L. is an extremely abundant plant in the wild flora of Romania, but it underutilized. Elderberry used modern and traditional medicine due to complex chemical composition fruit. The content phenolic compounds high (516–8974 mg/100 g DW), which most anthocyanins. Phenolic known beneficial effects on body. Numerous studies have demonstrated capacity, antibacterial, antiviral, antidiabetic, anticancer properties It considered that therapeutic elderberries can be correlated with activity they have. S. fruits also food industry. Some shown found products obtained from them. Therefore, this review aimed describe them, positive body, methods by bioactive extracted analyzed. This manuscript useful extraction optimization characterization order valorize new functional foods, supplements, pharmaceutical products.