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Plant Populus nigra (Salicaceae)

Common Names
Black Poplar
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Inflorescence not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID-3-BETA-G-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSIN 60 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-ISOLARICIRESINOL-MONO-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Bulb not available 5000.0 -0.68 Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL 14 Inflorescence not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ALCOHOL-2-BETA-D-(6-BENZOYL)-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-DIMETHYLETHER 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANNITOL 18 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIGRACIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POPULIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-DIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Inflorescence not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICIN 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICORTIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCHICORTIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TECTOCHRYSIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Analgesic 4 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Anthelmintic 2 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Antiadenovirus 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaflatoxin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergenic 1 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialzheimeran 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antianginal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiangiogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 2 Watt, J.M., and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. 1962.
Antiatherosclerotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic 1 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Anticancer 4 Duke, 1992 *