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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Castanea dentata (Fagaceae)

Common Names
American Chestnut
How this plant is used
Food
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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
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 2104.0 3746.0 -0.93 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 960.0 1709.0 -0.96 *
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 4720.0 7541.0 -0.44 *
PROLINE 0 Seed 2141.0 3811.0 -1.48 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 47700.0 87042.0 -1.31 *
SERINE 1 Seed 2077.0 3697.0 -1.32 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 30.0 53.0 -0.63 *
TANNINS 0 Leaf 80000.0 90000.0 -0.06 *
THREONINE 4 Seed 1904.0 3389.0 -1.06 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 537.0 957.0 -0.81 *
TYROSINE 8 Seed 1585.0 2822.0 -1.14 *
VALINE 3 Seed 2596.0 4622.0 -0.91 *
ZINC 77 Seed 10.0 24.0 -0.60 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
ACE-Inhibitor 1 *
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Analgesic 2 Martindale's 29th
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 *
Antiacid 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 1 *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiaggregant 1 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 3 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic 1 *
Antialopecic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antianemic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 1 *