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Plant Aesculus hippocastanum (Hippocastanaceae)

Common Names
Horse Chestnut
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
PROCYANIDIN-G 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PROTEIN 0 Seed 80000.0 110000.0 -1.10 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PROTOAESCIGENIN 0 Seed not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PROVITAMIN-D 0 Seed not available 0.9 not available Duke, 1992 *
QUEBRACHITOL 0 Branches not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
QUEBRACHITOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
QUERCETIN 176 Bark not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
QUERCETIN 176 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
QUERCETIN-3',4',7-TRIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Bud not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
QUERCETIN-3,3'-DIMETHYLETHER 1 Bud not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
QUERCETIN-3-ARABINOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
QUERCETIN-3-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
QUERCETIN-3-RHAMNOSIDOGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
QUERCETOL 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETOSIDE 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN 44 Bark not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
QUERCITRIN 44 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN 44 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINONES 0 Seed not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 7 Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ACTH-genic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 13 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 9 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 1 Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anabolic 1 Duke, 1992 *