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
LEUCOANTHOCYANS	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
LEUCOCYANIDIN	1	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.
LEUCODELPHINIDIN	2	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.
LIMONENE	60	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	42000.0	-1.41	Jim Duke's personal files.
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	not available	6415.0	-0.86	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	620.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLOL	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYO-INOSITOL	0	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MYRICETIN	34	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
MYRICETIN-3',4',7-TRIMETHYL-ETHER	0	Bud	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MYRICETIN-3',4',7-TRIMETHYL-ETHER	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.
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
NONAN-1-AL	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	23000.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	not available	18990.0	-0.82	Duke, 1992 *
OPCS	25	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)
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	not available	1245.0	-0.67	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.

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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
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.