Plant Populus balsamifera (Salicaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Balsam Poplar

How this plant is used

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
CURCURMENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-CATECHIN	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROMYRICETIN	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FARNESENE	2	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID-BENZYLESTER	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNOCERIC-ACID-ESTER	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID-ESTER	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTACOSANE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-NONACOSANE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTACOSANE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID-ESTER	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OMEGA-SALICYLOYL-SALICIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID-ESTER	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID-ESTER	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POPULIN	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POPULOSIDE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PYROCATECHIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3,7-DIMETHYLETHER	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenoviral	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiaggregant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	1	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antiatherogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	6	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinogenic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticariogenic	1	Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticlastogen	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidermatitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiedemic	2	Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.