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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRYPTOAESCIN-B | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYANIDIN | 7 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DECAN-1-OL | 0 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 82000.0 | 1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DODEC-2-EN-1-OL | 0 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 14000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ELEUTHEROSIDE-B-1 | 1 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-6)-EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-6)-EPI-CATECHIN | 0 | Fruit Epidermis | not available | 46.6 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)-EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-8,2-BETA-8)-EPI-CATECHIN | 0 | Fruit Epidermis | not available | 22.6 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-8,2-BETA-7)-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)-EPI-CATECHIN | 0 | Fruit Epidermis | not available | 30.6 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-8,2-BETA-7)-EPI-CATECHIN-(4-ALPHA-8)-ENT-EPI-CATECHIN | 0 | Fruit Epidermis | not available | 118.6 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EPICATECHIN | 40 | 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. |
| ESCIN | 40 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESCIN | 40 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ESCIN | 40 | Seed | 22000.0 | 125300.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ESCIN | 40 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ESCULETIN | 30 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESCULETIN | 30 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ESCULIN | 29 | Bark | not available | 30000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESCULIN | 29 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ESCULIN | 29 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ESCULIN | 29 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Flatugenic | 2 | Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994. |
| FLavor | 11 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 9 | Martindale's 29th |
| Fungiphilic | 1 | J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283. |
| Fungistat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucogonogenic | 1 | LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp. |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| GST-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemolytic | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hemostat | 5 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hepatomagenic | 2 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 13 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hepatotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Herbicide | 5 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| Histaminic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIV-RT-Inhibitor | 2 | Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991. |