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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 30000.0 | 50000.0 | -1.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLAVAZIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FLAVONES | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| FRAXETIN | 12 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FRAXIN | 10 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FRAXIN | 10 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FRAXIN | 10 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FRAXIN | 10 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FRIEDELIN | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALACTOSE | 1 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GALACTOSE | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONE | 0 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GERANIOL | 35 | Flower Essent. Oil | not available | 4000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCURONIC-ACID | 4 | 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. |
| GUANINE | 1 | 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. |
| GUANINE | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIPPOAESCULIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| HIPPOCAESCULIN | 1 | Fruit | not available | 3.1 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| HIPPOCASTANINE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiglucuronidase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigonadotrophic | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotropic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antigranular | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigranulocytopenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiGTF | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihangover | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihematomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihematuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemorrhagic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihemorrhoidal | 6 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihepatitic | 3 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antihepatomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotoxic | 9 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiherpetic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihiccup | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihistaminic | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |