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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Corylus americana (Betulaceae)

Common Names
American Filbert; American Hazel
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
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Seed Senter, S. D., Horvat, R. J., Forbus, W. R. 1983. Comparative GLC-MS Analysis of Phenolic Acids of Selected Tree Nuts. J. Food Science, 48(3): 798-799.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Seed Senter, S. D., Horvat, R. J., Forbus, W. R. 1983. Comparative GLC-MS Analysis of Phenolic Acids of Selected Tree Nuts. J. Food Science, 48(3): 798-799.
GALLIC-ACID 62 Seed Senter, S. D., Horvat, R. J., Forbus, W. R. 1983. Comparative GLC-MS Analysis of Phenolic Acids of Selected Tree Nuts. J. Food Science, 48(3): 798-799.
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Seed Senter, S. D., Horvat, R. J., Forbus, W. R. 1983. Comparative GLC-MS Analysis of Phenolic Acids of Selected Tree Nuts. J. Food Science, 48(3): 798-799.
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Seed Senter, S. D., Horvat, R. J., Forbus, W. R. 1983. Comparative GLC-MS Analysis of Phenolic Acids of Selected Tree Nuts. J. Food Science, 48(3): 798-799.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antispasmodic 2 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 73.
Antistaphylococcic 2 *
Antistomatitic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antisunburn 1 *
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithyroid 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitumor 3 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 *
Antitumor (Mouth) 1 *
Antitumor (Skin) 2 *
Antitumor-Promoter 3 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 1 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 200.
Antiulcerogenic 1 *
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiviral 3 *
Anxiolytic 1 *
Apoptotic 2 *
Ascaricide 1 *
Astringent 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Bacteristat 1 Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.