Fatty Acids and Flavonoids of Salix lindleyana

Salix caprea inhibits skin carcinogenesis in murine skin: inhibition of oxidative stress, ornithine decarboxylase activity and DNA synthesis

“…Salix caprea L. (Family: Salicaceae, common name: goat willow) an ornamental plant, has been reported to possess strong anti-inflammatory property and is used as astringent, antiseptic, eye tonic, antipyretic, analgesic and cardiotonic in Indian System of Medicine (Bhattacharjee, 1998;Phodke, 1990;Hollman, 1991;Kallman, 1994;Tunon et al, 1995;Chopra et al, 1996). Phytochemical investigations of Salix caprea have revealed the presence of many potent anti-oxidants such as luteolin, dihydrokaempferol and quercetin as its principle constituents along with (+)-catechin and isorhamnetin as minor constituents (Malterud et al, 1985;Mehrotra, 1991;Nasudari et al, 1972;Park et al, 1999;Rastogi and Mehrotra, 1991;Thapliyal and Bahugana, 1993). Further, Salix caprea has been reported to exhibit a strong anti-oxidant activity in many in vitro systems (Rohnert et al, 1998).…”

Anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and analgesic effect of Achillea millefolium and Salix plants

“…These results agreed with that obtained by Kolodziej (1990), who reported that isolation and characterization of four dimeric and five trimeric procyanidins from Salix bark claimed to have antipyretic effect. Also similar effects approved by Thapliyal and Bahuguna (1993) and Masika et al (1997). The antipyretic effect interpreted by Krivoy et al (2001), they reported that white yellow bark (Salix bark) contain a variety of chemical constituents, the main one studied being salicin which is metabolically converted in the body to the aspirin metabolite, salicylic acid.…”