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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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 * |