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Common Names
Chinese Chestnut
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Seed | 2178.0 | 3879.0 | -0.91 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Seed | 940.0 | 1774.0 | -0.95 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Seed | 4320.0 | 8224.0 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Seed | 1632.0 | 2904.0 | -1.66 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 41900.0 | 74938.0 | -1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Seed | 1820.0 | 3255.0 | -1.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Seed | 30.0 | 53.0 | -0.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | Seed | 1806.0 | 3214.0 | -1.10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Seed | 491.0 | 874.0 | -0.84 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Seed | 1536.0 | 2735.0 | -1.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Seed | 2233.0 | 3976.0 | -0.99 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZINC | 77 | Seed | 8.0 | 17.0 | -0.80 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Prooxidant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Roborant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Schizophrenigenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Sedative | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Serotoninergic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Spermigenic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Testosteronigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Tranquilizer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tremorigenic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Trichomonicide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Tumor-Promoter | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Uricosuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Urine-Acidifier | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Urine-Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Uterorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Vasodilator | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vulnerary | 1 | Martindale's 28th |