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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARKEOL | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| PLASTOQUINONE-8 | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PLASTOQUINONE-8 | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POLYPRENOLS | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| PROANTHOCYANIDIN-A-4 | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROANTHOCYANIDIN-A-6 | 0 | Seed Coat | not available | 17.9 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROANTHOCYANIDIN-A-7 | 0 | Seed Coat | not available | 12.7 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROANTHOCYANIDIN-POLYMER | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROANTHOCYANIN-A-2 | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| PROCYANIDIN-A-1 | 0 | Fruit Epidermis | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROCYANIDIN-A-1 | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROCYANIDIN-A-2 | 17 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROCYANIDIN-A-2 | 17 | Fruit Epidermis | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROCYANIDIN-A-2 | 17 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROCYANIDIN-A-2 | 17 | Seed Coat | 510.2 | 1733.3 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROCYANIDIN-A-4 | 0 | Seed Coat | not available | 204.1 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROCYANIDIN-B-1 | 1 | Fruit Epidermis | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROCYANIDIN-B-1 | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROCYANIDIN-B-1 | 1 | Seed Coat | not available | 240.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 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 * |