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