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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APS-SULFOTRANSFERASE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Leaf | not available | 147.2 | -0.43 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Seed | not available | 24.0 | -0.32 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ASH | 0 | Seed | 14000.0 | 30000.0 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASTRAGALIN | 7 | 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. |
| BARRINGTOGENOL-C | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BARRINGTOGENOL-C-21-ANGELATE | 1 | Fruit | not available | 4.7 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BARRINGTOGENOL-D | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| BENZALDEHYDE | 24 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 11000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BENZYL-FORMATE | 1 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 22000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-AESCIN | 8 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-AMYRIN | 9 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-AMYRIN | 9 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 13000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 122000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BUTYL-ACETATE | 0 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 21000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BUTYROSPERMOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Apoptotic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aromatase-Inhibitor | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999. |
| Artemicide | 2 | Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990. |
| Arteriodilator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ascaricide | 1 | Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus. |
| Asthma-preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Atherogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| ATPase-Inhibitor | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Bacteristat | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker | 6 | Zhu, M., Phillipson, J. D., Greengrass, P. M., Bowery, N. E., Cai, Y. 1997. Plant Polyphenols: Biologically Active Compounds or Non-Selective Binders to Protein? Phytochemistry, 44(3): 441-447. |
| Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bradycardiac | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Bronchoprotectant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bronchorelaxant | 2 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Calcium-Antagonist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calmodulin-Antagonist | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cancer-Preventive | 27 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Cancerostatic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Candidicide | 7 | Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155. |