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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEUCOANTHOCYANS | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| LEUCOCYANIDIN | 1 | 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. |
| LEUCODELPHINIDIN | 2 | 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. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 42000.0 | -1.41 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | not available | 6415.0 | -0.86 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | 620.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEOLOL | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYO-INOSITOL | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MYRICETIN | 34 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| MYRICETIN-3',4',7-TRIMETHYL-ETHER | 0 | Bud | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MYRICETIN-3',4',7-TRIMETHYL-ETHER | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| NONAN-1-AL | 0 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 23000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | not available | 18990.0 | -0.82 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OPCS | 25 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Gruenwald, J. et al. 1998. PDR for Herbal Medicine. 1st ed. Medical Economics Co., Montvale, NJ. 1244 pp. (abbreviated as PHR or Physicians Herbal Reference in my mind) |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | not available | 1245.0 | -0.67 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITOLEIC-ACID | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 4 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Hyperglycemic | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hypertensive | 4 | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| Hyperuricemic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 12 | Singleton, V.L. 1981. Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants: Phenolic Substances of Plant Origin Common in Foods. Advances in Food Research 27: 149-217. |
| Hypocholesterolemic? | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypolipidemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ICAM-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ileorelaxant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 7 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Immunostimulant | 7 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124. |
| Immunosuppressant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| iNOS-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Inotropic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insecticide | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insectifuge | 9 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Insectiphile | 5 | J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986. |