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
FAT	0	Seed	30000.0	50000.0	-1.13	Duke, 1992 *
FLAVAZIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
FLAVONES	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
FRAXETIN	12	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FRAXIN	10	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FRAXIN	10	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
FRAXIN	10	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
FRAXIN	10	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
FRIEDELIN	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE	1	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
GALACTOSE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONE	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
GERANIOL	35	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	4000.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
GLUCOSE	7	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCURONIC-ACID	4	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.
GUANINE	1	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.
GUANINE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HIPPOAESCULIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
HIPPOCAESCULIN	1	Fruit	not available	3.1	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
HIPPOCASTANINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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.