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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	3	Duke, 1992 *
Soporific	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Stomachic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Sunscreen	1	Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Teratogenic	1	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Termitifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Tonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Uterorelaxant	1	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Vasoconstrictor	1	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Vermifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.