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Common Names
European Chestnut
How this plant is used
Food
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| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Capillariprotective | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Carcinogenic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardioprotective | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Catabolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Chelator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Chemopreventive | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cholagogue | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Choleretic | 4 | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| Clastogenic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| CNS-Active | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| CNS-Depressant | 1 | Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp. |
| Co-carcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Collagen-Sparing | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Collagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Collyrium | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| COMT-Inhibitor | 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 |
| Copper-Chelator | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |