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Plant Populus tacamahacca (Salicaceae)

Common Names
Balm Of Gilead
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
3-ACETYL-PINOBANKSIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETOPHENONE 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AR-CURCUMENE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHENETHYL-ALCOHOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BISABOLENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSIN 60 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINEOLE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-ALPHA-BISABOLOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-CADINENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Bulb not available 20000.0 1.18 Duke, 1992 *
FARNESENE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALANGIN 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALANGIN-3-METHYL-ETHER 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENKWANIN 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN 11 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IZALPININ 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Analgesic 2 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.
Anesthetic 1 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Antiaflatoxin 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 3 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 Meli, R., Autore, G., Di Carlo, G., Capasso, F. Inhibitory Action of Quercetin on Intestinal Transit in Mice. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 201, 1990.
Antiangiogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 9 Duke, 1992 *