Elderberries have been used for centuries to cure countless ailments from the flu and fever to colds and colic.

The work of a leading scientist brought the health-giving properties of the black elderberry to the modern pharmacy and health food store.

Sambucol® is the product of nearly 20 years research, making it the most extensively researched elderberry extract in the world.

The activity of the flavanoids – naturally occurring antioxidants - are preserved through a unique manufacturing process.

This research has since been validated and endorsed by a series of clinical trials taking place over five years, which has led to world-wide acclaim for the product.The black elderberry has been known since the 5th century BCE and was mentioned in the writings of Hippocrates, Dioscurides and Plinius. It can be found in every pharmacopoeia. Elderberry wine was traditionally used for influenza and the ill effects of the chills. From time immemorial, the juice of the black elderberry has been an invaluable remedy.

Sambucol® was first developed in 1991 and has since gone on to become a supplement that is relied on and trusted by loyal users the world over as a great way to get a daily dose of antioxidants.

Sambucol® has been awarded the best new health product and best elderberry product for four consecutive years in the USA

The elder has been termed "the medicine chest of the country people," (Ettmueller). It is said that the great physician Boerhaave had such a high opinion of its curative properties that he never passed an Elder without raising his hat! A measure of its great popularity in Shakespeare's time is reflected in the line from the Merry Wives of Windsor, Act II, Scene 3: "What says my Asculapius? My Galen? My heart of Elder?"