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 |
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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 |
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Antitumor | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Antiulcer | 6 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Antiuremic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Antiviral? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Antivitiligic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Anxiolytic | 5 | Merck 11th Edition |
Aphrodisiac | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Astringent | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Beta-Blocker | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Calcium-Antagonist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Calcium-Channel-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cancer-Preventive | 6 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
Carcinogenic | 1 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
Cardioprotective | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cardiotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
CNS-Depressant | 1 | Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp. |
Collagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Contraceptive | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Copper-Antagonist | 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 |
Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |