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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Bark Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Fruit Epidermis Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-PINITOL 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Bark List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Fruit Epidermis Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Seed Coat 816.3 4000.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-QUERBRACHITOL 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-QUINIC-ACID 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
1,8-CINEOL 0 Flower Essent. Oil 66000.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
1-KESTOSE 0 Seed Gruenwald, J. et al. 1998. PDR for Herbal Medicine. 1st ed. Medical Economics Co., Montvale, NJ. 1244 pp. (abbreviated as PHR or Physicians Herbal Reference in my mind)
16-DESOXY-BARRINGTOGENOL 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
2,3-DIMETHYL-HEPT-5-EN-1-AL 0 Flower Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
2-CARBOXYARABINITOL 0 Leaf 11.0 -0.86 Jim Duke's personal files.
2-KESTOSE 0 Seed Gruenwald, J. et al. 1998. PDR for Herbal Medicine. 1st ed. Medical Economics Co., Montvale, NJ. 1244 pp. (abbreviated as PHR or Physicians Herbal Reference in my mind)
2-METHYL-BUTEN-1-AL 0 Flower Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL 0 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
3',4',7-TRIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
3,5-DIHYDROXY-3',4'7-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
AntiHIV 8 *
Antihomocysteine 1 *
Antihydrathritic 1 *
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperglycemic 2 *
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 5 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiimplantation 1 *
Antiinfertility 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 35 *
Antiinsomniac 1 *
Antiketotic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antileishmanic 2 *
Antilepric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic 6 *
Antileukotriene 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antileukotriene-D4 2 *
Antileukotrienogenic 1 *
Antilipolytic 2 *
Antilipoperoxidant 3 *