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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AESCULITANNIN-C | 0 | Seed Coat | not available | 15.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| AESCULITANNIN-D | 0 | Seed Coat | not available | 2.2 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| AESCULITANNIN-E | 0 | Seed Coat | not available | 55.1 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| AESCULITANNIN-F | 0 | Seed Coat | not available | 11.4 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| AESCULITANNIN-G | 0 | Seed Coat | not available | 17.6 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| AESCULOSIDE | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALLANTOIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALLANTOIN | 12 | 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. |
| ALLANTOIN | 12 | Branches | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALLANTOIN | 12 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-AESCIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-AESCIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-AMURIN | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-CAROTENE | 7 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-METHYL-BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 177000.0 | 1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-SPINASTEROL | 2 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-SPINASTEROL | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| AMINO-ACIDS | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ANGELIC-ACID | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Deiodinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Demulcent | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Dermatitigenic | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Detoxicant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diagnostic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Diaphoretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diaphoretic? | 2 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90. |
| Differentiator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Disinfectant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Diuretic | 13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dye | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Embryotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emetic | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-97. |
| Emollient | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Enterocontractant | 1 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Essential | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Estrogenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Estrogenic? | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Expectorant | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |