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
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.

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiseptic	15	Martindale's 28th
Antiserotonin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antishingles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antispasmodic	14	Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antistaphylococcic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antisteatotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistreptococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistress	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisunburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X	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
Antitachycardic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antithiamin	1	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithrombogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antithrombotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitonsilitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitrypanosomic	2	Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antitubercular	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	13	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.