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Common Names
Horse Chestnut
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APS-SULFOTRANSFERASE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Leaf | not available | 147.2 | -0.43 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Seed | not available | 24.0 | -0.32 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ASH | 0 | Seed | 14000.0 | 30000.0 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASTRAGALIN | 7 | Flower | 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. |
| BARRINGTOGENOL-C | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BARRINGTOGENOL-C-21-ANGELATE | 1 | Fruit | not available | 4.7 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BARRINGTOGENOL-D | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| BENZALDEHYDE | 24 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 11000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BENZYL-FORMATE | 1 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 22000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-AESCIN | 8 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-AMYRIN | 9 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-AMYRIN | 9 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 13000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 122000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BUTYL-ACETATE | 0 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 21000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BUTYROSPERMOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 * |