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
COX-2-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent	2	Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Detoxicant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic?	3	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	7	Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Active	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	1	Martindale's 29th
Emollient	1	Martindale's 29th
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Essential	8	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic	2	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.