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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STIGMAST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| STIGMASTA-5,7-DIEN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Branches | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TANNIN | 35 | 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. |
| TANNIN | 35 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TARAXEROL | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TARAXEROL | 2 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TIGLIC-ACID | 1 | Seed | 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. |
| TRIACONTANE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIDEC-2-EN-1-OL | 0 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 34000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| UREA | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| URIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| URIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VITAMIN-K-1 | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Seed | 30000.0 | 400000.0 | 0.66 | Duke, 1992 * |
| XANTHORHAMNOSIDE | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| XYLOSE | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antialzheimeran | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialzheimeran? | 1 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
| Antianaphylactic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiandrogenic | 4 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antianemic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antianeurysm | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiangiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiaphthic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiapoplectic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarrhythmic | 5 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiarteriosclerotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 7 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiasthmatic? | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatherogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacterial | 28 | Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994. |
| Antibiotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibradykinic | 2 | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| Antibronchitic | 2 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |