Abstract:With colorimetric methods, the concentrations of total phenolics, flavonoids and condensed tannins were measured in nine categories of organs within Populus euphratica, including lanccolate leaves, ovate leaves, green branches, branches (D <5 mm in diameter), branches (5-10 mm), barks, roots (D<2 mm in diameter), roots (2-5 mm) and roots (5-10mm). The results showed phenolic compounds were present throughout the collected organs with the higher total phenolics concentrations in barks (27.93 mg/g), and the mean total phenolics concentrations in two categories of leaves, roots and branches in three classes were 17.64 mg/g, 16.72mg/g, and 12.19 mg/g respectively. The higher flavonoids were present in barks (51.30 mg/g), and the mean flavonoids contents in two categories of leaves, roots and branches in three classes were 28.45 mg/g, 39.99 mg/g, and 23.67 mg/g respectively. And the higher condense tannins contents were found in roots (mean =22.10 mg/g for three categories of roots), and the average condense tannins contents in barks, leaves in two categories, and branches in three classes were 8.41 mg/g, 4.03 mg/g, and 4.47 mg/g respectively. There was no significant difference between the phenolic compounds of lanccolate leaves and ovate leaves (P>0.05). Phenolic compounds in branches decreased with the branches maturation and resulted in the orders as follow: green branches > branches (D<5 mm) > branches (5-10 mm). Condensed tannins in roots decreased with the root diameter, and the highest condensed tannins contents were found in small root (D<2mm) (25.95 mg/g). By analyzing correlation between phenolic compounds in all collected organs and soil water contents, the results indicated that the phenolic compounds in ovate leaves had negative relation with soil water contents ( P<0.05), and the r values for total phenolics, flavonoids and condensed tannins were -0.949, -0.923 and -0.944 respectively. Data reported here revealed the variation of phenolics compound in different organs of P. euphratica, and their relationships with the environmental factors in extremely arid areas were discussed.