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Plant Aesculus hippocastanum (Hippocastanaceae)

Common Names
Horse Chestnut
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Bark not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Fruit Epidermis not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-PINITOL 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 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.
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Fruit Epidermis not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Seed Coat 816.3 4000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-QUERBRACHITOL 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-QUINIC-ACID 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
1,8-CINEOL 0 Flower Essent. Oil not available 66000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
1-KESTOSE 0 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)
16-DESOXY-BARRINGTOGENOL 0 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.
2,3-DIMETHYL-HEPT-5-EN-1-AL 0 Flower Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
2-CARBOXYARABINITOL 0 Leaf not available 11.0 -0.86 Jim Duke's personal files.
2-KESTOSE 0 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)
2-METHYL-BUTEN-1-AL 0 Flower Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3',4',7-TRIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
3,5-DIHYDROXY-3',4'7-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Insulinic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insulinogenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-1-alpha-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Interleukin-6-mRNA-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 5 Duke, 1992 *
JNK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional 2 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Keratitigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Keratolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Larvicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Larvistat 3 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Laxative? 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Lipolytic 3 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.
Lipotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 12 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.