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

Common Names
English Filbert; European Filbert; European Hazel; Hazel; Cobnut
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
EUROPIUM 0 Seed 0.0 -0.28 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
FAT 0 Seed 500000.0 650000.0 2.03 *
FIBER 15 Seed 31000.0 59000.0 -0.60 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FILBERTONE 0 Seed *
FLUORINE 0 Seed 1.0 1.2 -0.40 *
FOENICULIN 0 Leaf *
FOLACIN 15 Seed 0.6 0.9 -0.72 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GALACTAN 0 Wood List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GOLD 3 Seed 0.0 2.33 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
GRAMISTEROL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
GUANOSINE 0 Pollen Or Spore List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
HAFNIUM 0 Seed 0.1 0.62 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
IODINE 12 Seed 0.0 -0.28 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
IRON 6 Seed 30.0 99.0 -0.24 *
IRON-OXIDE 0 Leaf 2376.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
IRON-OXIDE(FE2O3) 0 Leaf 2376.0 -1.00 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Leaf *
JUGLANIN 1 Leaf *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Bark *
KAEMPFEROL-3-RHAMNOSIDE 2 Leaf *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antistress 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 3 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
Antisyndrome-X 7 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
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 1 *
Antithrombogenic 1 *
Antithyrotoxic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrypanosomic 1 *
Antitumor 9 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Bladder) 2 *
Antitumor (brain) 1 *
Antitumor (Breast) 4 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 2 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 *