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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Salix alba (Salicaceae)

Common Names
White Willow
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Bark *
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Leaf *
(+)-GALLOCATECHIN 7 Leaf *
4-O-METHYL-GLUCURONOXYLAN 3 Wood List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
5-HYDROXY-PIPECOLIC-ACID 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALBOSIDE 0 Bark Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ALBOSIDE 0 Leaf *
ALKANES 0 Leaf *
ALPHA-CELLULOSE 0 Wood 444000.0 0.50 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ALPHA-GLUCAN 0 Wood *
ALUMINUM 5 Bark 11.0 67.0 -0.56 *
AMENTOFLAVONE 18 Leaf 120.0 1.00 *
APIGENIN 101 Bark Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
APIGENIN 101 Leaf *
APIGENIN-7-O-(4-COUMAROYL-GLUCOSIDE) 0 Leaf *
ARABINOSE 0 Wood List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Bark 11.0 68.0 -0.76 *
ASH 0 Bark 18480.0 110000.0 1.12 *
ASH 0 Wood 8700.0 -0.34 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASTRAGALIN 7 Pollen Or Spore *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Circulotonic 1 *
CNS-Depressant 2 *
CNS-Stimulant 1 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic 2 *
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic 1 Martindale's 29th
COMP-Inhibitor 1 Dullo, A. G., et al. 1999. Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, 70: 1040-1045.
COMT-Inhibitor 1 *
Copper-Antagonist 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Copper-Chelator 1 *
COX-1-Inhibitor 4 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 5 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 6 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A1-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytoprotective 1 *
Cytotoxic 4 Planta Medica, 57: A113, 1991.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent 1 *