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 *
1-P-COUMAROYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
11-EICOSANIC-ACID	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2',6'-DIOXY-4'-METHOXY-BETA-PHENYLPROPIOPHENONE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,6-DIMETHOXY-P-BENZOQUINONE	3	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-HYDROXY-5-PHENYLVALERIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOPHENONE	6	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AR-CURCUMENE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AZELAINIC-ACID	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID	1	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHENYLETHYLALCOHOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BISABOLENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BISABOLOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADINENE	4	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CEROTINIC-ACID	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINEOLE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID	18	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ALCOHOL	3	Essential Oil	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
Antielastase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant	3	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Antifertility	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antigonadotropic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antihemolytic	1	Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihepatoadenomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypercholesterolemic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperthyroid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory	4	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.
AntiLegionella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic	2	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antileukotriene	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial	1	Duke, 1992 *