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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
Anticataract 4 Shimizu, M., Horie, S., Terashima, S., Ueno, H., et al. 1989. Studies on Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Natural Products.II. Active Components of a Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Para-parai mi,' Phyllanthus niruri. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 37(9): 2531-2532, 1989.
Anticephalagic 1 *
AntiCFS 1 *
Anticheilitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen 1 *
Anticlimacteric 2 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticolitic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 1 *
Anticonvulsant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticoronary 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
AntiCrohn's 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticystitic 1 *
Antidandruff 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidementia 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant 7 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidepressant? 1 *
Antidermatitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antidiabetic 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.