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Plant Salix alba (Salicaceae)

Common Names
White Willow
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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
PICEIN 0 Plant not available not available not available 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.
POTASSIUM 14 Bark 1651.0 9830.0 0.83 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Bark 16128.0 96000.0 0.62 Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Bark not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
QUERCETIN-3',7-DIEMTHYL-ETHER-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3,7-DI-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCIMERITRIN 6 Bark not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
QUERCIMERITRIN 6 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Bark not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
RHAMNOSE 0 Wood not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Bark 0.3 1.7 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Bark not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
RUTIN 87 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICASE 0 Bark not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SALICIN 15 Bark 4200.0 110000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICIN 15 Leaf not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICORTIN 1 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICORTIN 1 Leaf not available 0.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICYL-ALCOHOL 0 Plant not available not available not available 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.
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Plant not available not available not available 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.
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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
Antitympanitic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiulcer 11 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiulcerogenic 1 Rafatullah, S., Tariq, M., Al-Yahya, M.A., Mossa, J.S., and Ageel, A.M. 1989. Evaluation of Turmeric (Curcuma longa) for Gastric and Duodenal Antiulcer Activity in Rats. J. of Ethnopharmacology, 29: 25-34, 1990.
Antivaginitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antivaricose 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 6 Duke, 1992 *
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 2 Merck 11th Edition
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bactericide 1 Wealth of India.
Bacteristat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 3 Zhu, M., Phillipson, J. D., Greengrass, P. M., Bowery, N. E., Cai, Y. 1997. Plant Polyphenols: Biologically Active Compounds or Non-Selective Binders to Protein? Phytochemistry, 44(3): 441-447.
Beta-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *