Quality parameters change during ripening in leaves and fruits of wild growing and cultivated elderberry (Sambucus nigra) genotypes

•Wild edible elderberry had higher total sugars content than cultivated•‘Ljubostinja’ had the highest content of fructose in fruits•The highest content of phenolics in elderberry leaves was during flowering•‘Ljubostinja’ had the highest content of cyanidin derivatives•Cultivated elderberries had better fruit quality than wild growing