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Plant Castanea sativa (Fagaceae)

Common Names
European 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
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 3630.0 8646.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Seed 1010.0 2222.0 -1.79 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf not available 80000.0 -1.32 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 19800.0 109000.0 -1.11 Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SACCHAROSE 0 Seed 220000.0 340000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Seed 972.0 2139.0 -1.62 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 30.0 66.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Seed 450000.0 580000.0 1.09 Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE 14 Seed not available 216000.0 2.37 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Bark 40000.0 120000.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Leaf not available 90000.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Seed 20000.0 28000.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Seed 729.0 1604.0 -1.46 Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 221.0 485.0 -0.97 Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Seed 568.0 1251.0 -1.50 Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Seed 1081.0 2378.0 -1.19 Duke, 1992 *
VESCALAGIN 1 Plant not available not available not available 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
Antipharyngitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiphenylketonuric 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiplaque 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antipodriac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatitic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiproteolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipsychotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiradicular 5 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
AntiRaynaud's 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirenitic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.