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
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.

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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
Antitumor (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	5	Yasukawa, K., Takido, M., Takeuchi, M., Sato, Y., Nitta, K., and Nakagawa, S. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Flavonol Glycosides on 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-Induced Tumor Promotion. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(3): 774-776, 1990.
Antiulcer	13	Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivaginitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivasculitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antivertiginous	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	24	Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *