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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BUTYROSPERMOL 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CAMPEST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CAMPESTEROL 2 Bark not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CAMPESTEROL 2 Leaf not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
CAMPESTEROL 2 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CAMPHENE 9 Flower Essent. Oil not available 83000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed not available 740000.0 0.86 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CASTAPRENOL-10 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CASTAPRENOL-11 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CASTAPRENOL-12 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CASTAPRENOL-13 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHOLESTEROL 1 Bark not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHOLESTEROL 1 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHOLINE 20 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.
CINNAMTANNIN-B-1 4 Seed Coat not available 408.2 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CINNAMTANNIN-B-2 2 Seed Coat not available 132.7 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CITRIC-ACID 23 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.
CRYPTOAESCIGENIN 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.
CRYPTOAESCIN 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.
CRYPTOAESCIN-A 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *