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Populus balsamifera

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 8 constituent measurements for Populus balsamifera. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Populus balsamifera L.

8Constituent measurements

0Safety records

3Cited sources

4Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 4 licensed products naming Populus balsamifera as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.

Extract types on licence

Dry
Fresh

Source material stated

Blossoms
Buds
Leaf bud

What the records describe

Constituents measured

Plant parts

Preparations

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

Substance	Plant part	Preparation	Concentration	Analytical method	Source
1,8-cineole	Bud	Solvent extraction	≤ 0.7 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
1,8-cineole	Bud	Solvent extraction	≥ 0.3 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Myrcene	Bud	Solvent extraction	—	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Salicylaldehyde	Stem / stalk	Solvent extraction	≥ 0.05 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Salicylaldehyde	Stem / stalk	Solvent extraction	≤ 0.6 Percent	GC-MS	Resolve DOI
Benzene-1,2-diol	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	IR and Raman Spectroscopy	No resolvable identifier
Benzene-1,2-diol	Bark	Solvent extraction	—	Standard Chromatographic tests (paper- thin layer- and column chromatography)	No resolvable identifier
P-coumaric acid	Leaves	Solvent extraction	0.007 Percent	IR and Raman Spectroscopy	No resolvable identifier

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

Pearl, I.A., Darling, S.F. Studies on the leaves of the family salicaceae-xi. The hot water extractives of the leaves of Populus Balsamifera. Phytochemistry, 1968, vol. 7, no. 10, p. 1845-1849.
Mattes, B.R., Clausen, T.P., Reichardt, P.B. Volatile constituents of balsam poplar: The phenol glycoside connection. Phytochemistry, 1987, vol. 26, no. 5, p. 1361-1366. DOI
Pearl, Irwin A., Darling, Stephen F. Barks of the family Salicaceae. XIX. Continued studies on the hot water extractives of Populus balsamifera bark. Phytochemistry (elsevier), 1968, p. 1851-1853.

Boundary

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