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

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

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
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.