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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Urine-Acidifier | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Urine-Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Uterorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Uterotrophic | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999. |
| Vasodilator | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VEGF-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vulnerary | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 5 | Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229 |