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Plant Castanea mollisima (Fagaceae)

Common Names
Chinese Chestnut
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiprostatitic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antipruritic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsychotic 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiRaynaud's 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinopathic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antirheumatic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antiscoliotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antisickling 2 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antispare-Tire 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antispasmodic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistomatitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antistress 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antistroke 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antisyndrome-X 3 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95