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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Triglycerigenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Tumorigenic | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170. |
| Ubiquiot | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 2 | HerbalGram No. 20, page 9. |
| Uricogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Uricosuric | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Urinary-Acidulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Uterosedative | 1 | 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. |
| Uterotrophic | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999. |
| UV-Screen | 2 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Vasoconstrictor | 1 | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| Vasodilator | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasopressor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasoprotective | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VEGF-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Venotonic | 3 | Tyler, V.E.. 1982. The Honest Herbal. George F. Stickley Co., Philadelphia PA. 263 pp. |
| Verrucolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vulnerary | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |