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
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
Antitrypanosomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	9	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antitumor (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	5	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	10	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivaccinia	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiviral	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic	1	Martindale's 29th