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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARKEOL | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| PLASTOQUINONE-8 | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PLASTOQUINONE-8 | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POLYPRENOLS | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| PROANTHOCYANIDIN-A-4 | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROANTHOCYANIDIN-A-6 | 0 | Seed Coat | not available | 17.9 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROANTHOCYANIDIN-A-7 | 0 | Seed Coat | not available | 12.7 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROANTHOCYANIDIN-POLYMER | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROANTHOCYANIN-A-2 | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| PROCYANIDIN-A-1 | 0 | Fruit Epidermis | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROCYANIDIN-A-1 | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROCYANIDIN-A-2 | 17 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROCYANIDIN-A-2 | 17 | Fruit Epidermis | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROCYANIDIN-A-2 | 17 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROCYANIDIN-A-2 | 17 | Seed Coat | 510.2 | 1733.3 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROCYANIDIN-A-4 | 0 | Seed Coat | not available | 204.1 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROCYANIDIN-B-1 | 1 | Fruit Epidermis | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROCYANIDIN-B-1 | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROCYANIDIN-B-1 | 1 | Seed Coat | not available | 240.0 | 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 * |