Biologically Active Substances of Plants from Sali x L. Genus

Abstract

The review systematizes data about chemical composition of bark, leaves, inflorescences, and sprouts of different species of Salix L. The closest attention is payed to investigations of Salix, which has been recently carried out in our country and abroad. For every group of biologically active substances described in Salix there are data about suppressed types of pharmacological activity.

Keywords

• willow
• salix l.
• bark
• sprouts
• phenolic glycosides
• flavonoids
• tannins
• phenolcarbonic acids
• amino acids
• polysaccharides
• pharmacological action