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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRYPTOAESCIN-B | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYANIDIN | 7 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DECAN-1-OL | 0 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 82000.0 | 1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DODEC-2-EN-1-OL | 0 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 14000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ELEUTHEROSIDE-B-1 | 1 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-6)-EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-6)-EPI-CATECHIN | 0 | Fruit Epidermis | not available | 46.6 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)-EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-8,2-BETA-8)-EPI-CATECHIN | 0 | Fruit Epidermis | not available | 22.6 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-8,2-BETA-7)-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)-EPI-CATECHIN | 0 | Fruit Epidermis | not available | 30.6 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-8,2-BETA-7)-EPI-CATECHIN-(4-ALPHA-8)-ENT-EPI-CATECHIN | 0 | Fruit Epidermis | not available | 118.6 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EPICATECHIN | 40 | 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. |
| ESCIN | 40 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESCIN | 40 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ESCIN | 40 | Seed | 22000.0 | 125300.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ESCIN | 40 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ESCULETIN | 30 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESCULETIN | 30 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ESCULIN | 29 | Bark | not available | 30000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESCULIN | 29 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ESCULIN | 29 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ESCULIN | 29 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 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 * |