Plant Aesculus hippocastanum (Hippocastanaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Horse Chestnut

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(+)-CATECHIN	30	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-CATECHIN	30	Fruit Epidermis	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-CATECHIN	30	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-PINITOL	0	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPICATECHIN	38	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.
(-)-EPICATECHIN	38	Fruit Epidermis	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPICATECHIN	38	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPICATECHIN	38	Seed Coat	816.3	4000.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-QUERBRACHITOL	0	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-QUINIC-ACID	0	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
1,8-CINEOL	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	66000.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
1-KESTOSE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Gruenwald, J. et al. 1998. PDR for Herbal Medicine. 1st ed. Medical Economics Co., Montvale, NJ. 1244 pp. (abbreviated as PHR or Physicians Herbal Reference in my mind)
16-DESOXY-BARRINGTOGENOL	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.
2,3-DIMETHYL-HEPT-5-EN-1-AL	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
2-CARBOXYARABINITOL	0	Leaf	not available	11.0	-0.86	Jim Duke's personal files.
2-KESTOSE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Gruenwald, J. et al. 1998. PDR for Herbal Medicine. 1st ed. Medical Economics Co., Montvale, NJ. 1244 pp. (abbreviated as PHR or Physicians Herbal Reference in my mind)
2-METHYL-BUTEN-1-AL	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
3',4',7-TRIMETHYL-ETHER	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
3,5-DIHYDROXY-3',4'7-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Analgesic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacetylcholinesterase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrocyanotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antiadrenergic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	5	Duke, 1992 *