Plant Castanea sativa (Fagaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

European Chestnut

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiendometriotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antienteritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility	2	Kumar, P., Dixit*, V.P., and Khanna, P. Antifertility Studies of Kaempferol: Isolation and Identification from Tissue Culture of some Medicinally Important Plant Species. Plantes medicinales et phytotherapie, 23: 193-201, 1989.
Antifibrinolytic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	4	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastric	1	Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigastritic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	2	Duke, 1992 *