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Common Names
European Chestnut
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GALLIC-ACID | 62 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 2558.0 | 5628.0 | -1.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Seed | 1070.0 | 2353.0 | -1.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HAMAMELITANNIN | 2 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HAMAMELOSE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Seed | 554.0 | 1218.0 | -1.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Seed | 7.0 | 16.0 | -0.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Seed | 782.0 | 1720.0 | -1.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Seed | 1144.0 | 2518.0 | -1.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LYSINE | 4 | Seed | 1189.0 | 2617.0 | -1.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Seed | 320.0 | 704.0 | -0.89 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Seed | 5.0 | 13.0 | -0.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Seed | 468.0 | 1028.0 | -0.85 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PECTIN | 24 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Seed | 842.0 | 1851.0 | -1.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHATASE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Seed | 490.0 | 1122.0 | -1.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PLASTOQUINONES | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | 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 |