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
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
Antistomatitic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisunburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin	1	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithyroid	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitumor	3	Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	1	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antiulcer	2	Yamahara, J., et al. Stomachic principles in ginger. II. Pungent and anti-ulcer effects of low polar constituents isolated from ginger, the dried rhizoma of... Yakugaku Zasshi 112: 645-655 (1992).
Antiulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiviral	2	Denyer, C.V., Jackson, P., Loakes, D.M., Ellis, M.R., and Yound, D.A.B. Isolation of Antirhinoviral Sesquiterpenes From Ginger (Zingiber officinale). Journal of Natural Products, 57(5): 658-662, 1994.
Anxiolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	4	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.