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

Common Names

Balsam Poplar

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
SALICIN	15	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICORTIN	1	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICORTIN	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYL-ALCOHOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLOYL-SALICIN	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLOYL-SALICIN	0	Bl	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALIREPOSIDE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRICHOCARPIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRICHOCARPOSIDE	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
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 *