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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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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
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Bark *
CALCIUM 28 Bark 2369.0 14100.0 -0.44 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Bark 132552.0 789000.0 0.17 *
CATECHIN 43 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.
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 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CHROMIUM 24 Bark 0.0 -0.58 *
COBALT 2 Bark 1.6 9.8 -0.24 *
CUPRESSUFLAVONE 0 Leaf 76.0 *
CYANIDIN 7 Leaf *
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Bark List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DELPHINIDIN 9 Leaf *
FAT 0 Bark 840.0 5000.0 -1.03 *
FIBER 15 Bark 94000.0 -0.91 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Bark 94000.0 -0.65 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Bark 342000.0 -1.43 *
FRAGILIN 0 Bark List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GALACTOSE 1 Wood 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 *
GLUCOMANNAN 3 Wood *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimaculitic 4 *
Antimalarial 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanomic 4 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 4 *
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 6 *
Antimigraine 4 Martindale's 29th
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 *
AntiMS 1 *
Antimutagenic 9 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Antimyalgic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimyocarditic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinephritic 2 *
Antinephrolytic 1 *
Antinesidioblastosic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antineuralgic 4 *