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
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 *

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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.