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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |