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Common Names
White Willow
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Bark | 2369.0 | 14100.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Bark | 132552.0 | 789000.0 | 0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CATECHIN | 43 | 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. |
| CATECHIN-TANNINS | 0 | Bark | 30000.0 | 100000.0 | -0.54 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| CELLULOSE | 1 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Bark | not available | 0.0 | -0.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Bark | 1.6 | 9.8 | -0.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUPRESSUFLAVONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 76.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYANIDIN | 7 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Bark | 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. |
| DELPHINIDIN | 9 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Bark | 840.0 | 5000.0 | -1.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Bark | not available | 94000.0 | -0.91 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Bark | not available | 94000.0 | -0.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Bark | not available | 342000.0 | -1.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FRAGILIN | 0 | Bark | 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. |
| GALACTOSE | 1 | 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. |
| GLUCOMANNAN | 3 | Bark | 13440.0 | 80000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOMANNAN | 3 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Depressant | 1 | Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp. |
| Dermatitigenic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Detoxicant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant (Alcohol) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diagnostic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Diaphoretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diaphoretic? | 2 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90. |
| Differentiator | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diuretic | 7 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| DNA-Protective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dye | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Emollient | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Encephalopathic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Energizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Erythrocytogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Estrogenic | 2 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999. |
| Estrogenic? | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Expectorant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |