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
GALLIC-ACID	62	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Seed	2558.0	5628.0	-1.52	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Seed	1070.0	2353.0	-1.24	Duke, 1992 *
HAMAMELITANNIN	2	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HAMAMELOSE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Seed	554.0	1218.0	-1.30	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Seed	7.0	16.0	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Seed	782.0	1720.0	-1.12	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Seed	1144.0	2518.0	-1.39	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Seed	1189.0	2617.0	-1.28	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	320.0	704.0	-0.89	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	5.0	13.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Seed	468.0	1028.0	-0.85	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN	24	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Seed	842.0	1851.0	-1.16	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATASE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	490.0	1122.0	-1.12	Duke, 1992 *
PLASTOQUINONES	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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.