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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Aesculus hippocastanum (Hippocastanaceae)

Common Names
Horse Chestnut
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
3-METHYL-BUTAN-1-AL 0 Flower Essent. Oil 4000.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
3[2'(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDO)4'(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDO)BETA-D-GLUCURONOPYRANOSIDO]21-BETA-ANGELOYL-22-ALPHA-ACETYL-PROTOA 0 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
3[2'(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDO)4'(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDO)BETA-D-GLUCURONOPYRANOSIDO]21-BETA-TIGLOYL-22-ALPHA-ACETYL-PROTOAE 0 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
5-ALPHA-TIRUCALLA-8-23-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
5-HYDROXY-METHYL-FURFURAL 0 Flower Essent. Oil 4000.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
6,7-DIHYDROXYCOUMARIN 1 Seed *
6,7-DIHYDROXYCOUMARIN-6-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ADENINE 11 Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ADENINE 11 Seed *
ADENOSINE 28 Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ADENOSINE 28 Seed *
AESCIGENIN 0 Seed *
AESCIN 50 Bark List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
AESCIN 50 Seed 130000.0 *
AESCULETIN 32 Bark Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
AESCULETOL 1 Seed *
AESCULIN 33 Bark 30000.0 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
AESCULITANNIN-A 0 Seed Coat 122.4 Jim Duke's personal files.
AESCULITANNIN-B 0 Seed Coat 132.7 Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Candidistat 3 *
Capillarigenic 1 *
Capillariprotective 3 Merck 11th Edition
Capillaritonic 1 *
Carcinogenic 4 Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu
Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp.
Cardiodepressant 3 *
Cardioprotective 1 *
Cardiotonic 6 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Catabolic 2 *
Cerebrotonic 1 *
Chelator 1 *
Chemopreventive 2 *
Cholagogue 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 11 Fitoterapia No.5-1986.
Cholesterolytic 1 *
Choline-Sparing 2 Singleton, V.L. 1981. Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants: Phenolic Substances of Plant Origin Common in Foods. Advances in Food Research 27: 149-217.
Cholinergic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
CNS-Depressant 3 *
CNS-Stimulant 3 *