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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antiglaucomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigonadotropic | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| AntiGTF | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihangover | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemolytic | 1 | Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994. |
| Antihepatitic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihepatoadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihepatotoxic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihiccup | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihistaminic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 7 | Tan, G.T., Pezzuto, J.M., Kinghorn,* A.D., Hughes, S.H. Evaluation Of Natural Products As Inhibitors Of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Reverse Transcriptase. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 143-154, 1991. |
| Antihomocystinuric | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihydrophobic | 1 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antihyperammonemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihypercholesterolemic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antihyperkinetic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |