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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionigenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Gram(+)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gram(-)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemostat | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hemostatic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Histamine-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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. |