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Common Names
European Chestnut
How this plant is used
Food
| 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 * |
| 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 * |