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
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.