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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 30000.0 | 50000.0 | -1.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLAVAZIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FLAVONES | 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. |
| FRAXETIN | 12 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FRAXIN | 10 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FRAXIN | 10 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FRAXIN | 10 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FRAXIN | 10 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FRIEDELIN | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALACTOSE | 1 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GALACTOSE | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONE | 0 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GERANIOL | 35 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 4000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCURONIC-ACID | 4 | 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. |
| GUANINE | 1 | 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. |
| GUANINE | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIPPOAESCULIN | 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. |
| HIPPOCAESCULIN | 1 | Fruit | not available | 3.1 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| HIPPOCASTANINE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Oxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ozone-Scavenger | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-2B1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inducer | 2 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| P450-Inhibitor | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| PAF-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pancreatogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Paralytic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Parasympathomimetic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Percutaneostimulant | 1 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfumery | 7 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Peristaltic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Peroxynitrite-Scavenger | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pesticide | 36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PGE2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phagocytotic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124. |
| Phospholipase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Photosensitizer | 1 | Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp. |
| Phytoalexin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phytohormonal | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |