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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-METHYL-BUTAN-1-AL | 0 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 4000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 3[2'(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDO)4'(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDO)BETA-D-GLUCURONOPYRANOSIDO]21-BETA-ANGELOYL-22-ALPHA-ACETYL-PROTOA | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 3[2'(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDO)4'(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDO)BETA-D-GLUCURONOPYRANOSIDO]21-BETA-TIGLOYL-22-ALPHA-ACETYL-PROTOAE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 5-ALPHA-TIRUCALLA-8-23-DIEN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 5-HYDROXY-METHYL-FURFURAL | 0 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 4000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 6,7-DIHYDROXYCOUMARIN | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 6,7-DIHYDROXYCOUMARIN-6-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETIC-ACID | 16 | 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. |
| ADENINE | 11 | 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. |
| ADENINE | 11 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ADENOSINE | 28 | 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. |
| ADENOSINE | 28 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AESCIGENIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AESCIN | 50 | 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. |
| AESCIN | 50 | Seed | not available | 130000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AESCULETIN | 32 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| AESCULETOL | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AESCULIN | 33 | Bark | not available | 30000.0 | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| AESCULITANNIN-A | 0 | Seed Coat | not available | 122.4 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| AESCULITANNIN-B | 0 | Seed Coat | not available | 132.7 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antibronchoconstrictor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticalculic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Liver) | 1 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 2 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Anticancer (Pancreas) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Skin) | 1 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Anticapillarihemorrhagic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticapillary-Fragility | 16 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Anticarcinomic (Breast) | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Anticariogenic | 3 | Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105. |
| Anticataract | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticellulitic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticephalagic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticervicaldysplasic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticervicobrachialgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiCFS | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticholinergic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |