Plant Castanea sativa (Fagaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

European Chestnut

How this plant is used

Food

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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
ALANINE	3	Seed	1380.0	3036.0	-1.51	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Seed	1451.0	3192.0	-0.91	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	not available	44000.0	-1.32	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	12300.0	27060.0	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	3381.0	7438.0	-1.35	Duke, 1992 *
BETULIN	13	Leaf	not available	1000.0	-0.03	Jim Duke's personal files.
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	220.0	528.0	-0.66	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	402800.0	886160.0	1.44	Duke, 1992 *
CASTALAGIN	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CASTALIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE	1	Seed	not available	21000.0	-0.96	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Seed	2.0	5.0	-0.89	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Seed	628.0	1382.0	-1.23	Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDRODIGALLIC-ACID	0	Branches	not available	5000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID	51	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	not available	81000.0	0.49	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	16000.0	36520.0	-1.21	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Leaf	not available	185000.0	0.29	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	13200.0	30800.0	-0.82	Duke, 1992 *

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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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
ACE-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	1	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacid	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacne	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
AntiADD	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiadenoviral	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.