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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AESCULITANNIN-C | 0 | Seed Coat | not available | 15.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| AESCULITANNIN-D | 0 | Seed Coat | not available | 2.2 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| AESCULITANNIN-E | 0 | Seed Coat | not available | 55.1 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| AESCULITANNIN-F | 0 | Seed Coat | not available | 11.4 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| AESCULITANNIN-G | 0 | Seed Coat | not available | 17.6 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| AESCULOSIDE | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALLANTOIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALLANTOIN | 12 | 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. |
| ALLANTOIN | 12 | Branches | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALLANTOIN | 12 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-AESCIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-AESCIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-AMURIN | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-CAROTENE | 7 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-METHYL-BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 177000.0 | 1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-SPINASTEROL | 2 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-SPINASTEROL | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| AMINO-ACIDS | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ANGELIC-ACID | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| 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 * |