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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Castanea sativa (Fagaceae)

Common Names
European Chestnut
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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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 *
ARGININE 14 Seed 1451.0 3192.0 -0.91 *
ASH 0 Leaf 44000.0 -1.32 *
ASH 0 Seed 12300.0 27060.0 -0.63 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 3381.0 7438.0 -1.35 *
BETULIN 13 Leaf 1000.0 -0.03 Jim Duke's personal files.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 220.0 528.0 -0.66 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 402800.0 886160.0 1.44 *
CASTALAGIN 1 Plant *
CASTALIN 0 Plant *
CELLULOSE 1 Seed 21000.0 -0.96 *
COPPER 12 Seed 2.0 5.0 -0.89 *
CYSTINE 2 Seed 628.0 1382.0 -1.23 *
DEHYDRODIGALLIC-ACID 0 Branches 5000.0 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Leaf *
FAT 0 Leaf 81000.0 0.49 *
FAT 0 Seed 16000.0 36520.0 -1.21 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 185000.0 0.29 *
FIBER 15 Seed 13200.0 30800.0 -0.82 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Flatugenic 1 Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994.
FLavor 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Floral-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Fungicide 5 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 3 *
Glutathionigenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Gram(+)icide 1 *
Gram(-)icide 1 *
Hemostat 4 Martindale's 29th
Hemostatic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 *
Hepatomagenic 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 7 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 210.
Hepatotropic 1 *
Histamine-Inhibitor 1 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 224.
Hypercholesterolemic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hypertensive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypnotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.