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Plant Corylus avellana (Betulaceae)

Common Names
English Filbert; European Filbert; European Hazel; Hazel; Cobnut
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
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETULIN 13 Bark not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BORON 4 Seed 15.0 21.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE 0 Seed not available 1.8 -0.46 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
CADMIUM 3 Seed 0.0 0.1 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEOYL-FERULOYL-SPERMIDINE 0 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 1300.0 2591.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXIDE 0 Leaf not available 34848.0 1.00 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CAMPESTEROL 2 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CAMPESTEROL 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 177000.0 229000.0 -1.17 Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE 1 Wood not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CESIUM 0 Seed not available 0.0 -0.61 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
CHLORINE 7 Seed not available 41.0 -0.66 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
CHROMIUM 24 Seed 0.1 0.7 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
CITROSTADIENOL 1 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
COBALT 2 Seed 0.1 0.3 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Seed 13.0 82.0 6.09 Duke, 1992 *
DIFERULOYL-SPERMIDINE 0 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
Atherogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
ATPase-Inhibitor 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 2 Zhu, M., Phillipson, J. D., Greengrass, P. M., Bowery, N. E., Cai, Y. 1997. Plant Polyphenols: Biologically Active Compounds or Non-Selective Binders to Protein? Phytochemistry, 44(3): 441-447.
Beta-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 2 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 18 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cancer-Preventive? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Candidicide 6 Martindale's 28th
Capillarigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 3 Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu
Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp.
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.