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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Salix alba (Salicaceae)

Common Names
White Willow
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
SALIDROSIDE 1 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SALIREPOSIDE 0 Bark ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SELENIUM 60 Bark 0.2 1.1 -0.46 *
SILICON 4 Bark 0.5 2.9 -0.52 *
SODIUM 1 Bark 20.0 120.0 -0.37 *
STARCH 5 Bark Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
SYRINGOSIDE 0 Shoot *
TANNIN 35 Bark 20160.0 120000.0 -0.18 *
TERNIFLORIN 0 Leaf *
THIAMIN 31 Bark 0.0 -0.66 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
THIAMINE 0 Bark 0.0 -0.75 *
TIN 4 Bark 2.0 12.0 -0.09 *
TREMULOIDIN 0 Leaf 0.2 *
TRIANDRIN 2 Bark *
TRIANDRIN 2 Leaf 0.1 *
TRIANDRIN 2 Plant 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.
VIMALIN 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
WATER 0 Bark 832000.0 0.64 *
XYLOSE 3 Wood List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ZINC 77 Bark 0.4 2.1 -1.03 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
AntiCrohn's 3 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 *
AntiCVI 1 *
Anticystitic 1 *
Antidandruff 3 A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 *
Antidementia 5 Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
Antidepressant 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatitic 4 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidermatotic 1 *
Antidiabetic 12 *
Antidiarrheic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Iodine) 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Lead) 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Mercury) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th