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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 |
|---|---|---|
| AntiHIV | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihomocysteine | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihydrathritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihydrophobic | 1 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antihyperglycemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiinfertility | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinflammatory | 35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiinsomniac | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiketotic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antileishmanic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilepric | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antileukemic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukotrienogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilipolytic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilipoperoxidant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |