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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
KAEMPFEROL-3-METHYLETHER 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PARAFFIN 4 Bulb not available 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PINOCEMBRIN 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PINOCEMBRIN-7-METHYLETHER 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POPULIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNAZIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNETIN 18 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOCITRIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICIN 15 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
Insulinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
JNK-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional 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.
Larvistat 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.
Laxative 1 Martindale's 29th
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mutagenic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 1 Duke, 1992 *
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Natriuretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
NEP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neuroprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *