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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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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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
NICKEL 3 Seed 1.6 2.0 -0.53 *
NITROGEN 0 Seed 23000.0 28000.0 0.33 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
OBTUSIFOLIOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Essential Oil *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 425000.0 572650.0 3.73 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 15500.0 65000.0 0.64 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Seed 11.0 12.0 -0.50 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHLOBAPHENE 0 Bark List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 2900.0 4622.0 -0.19 *
PHYTATE 0 Seed 16200.0 17200.0 0.61 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Seed 5000.0 0.72 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 3500.0 10433.0 -0.19 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-1 1 Bark *
PROCYANIDIN-B-3 2 Bark *
PROCYANIDIN-B-3 2 Leaf *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 121000.0 210000.0 -0.21 *
QUERCETIN 176 Bark *
QUERCETIN-3-O-(2''-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-BETA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSIDE 0 Pollen Or Spore *
QUERCETIN-3-O-GLUCOSYLGALACTOSIDE 0 Pollen Or Spore *
QUERCITRIN 44 Bark *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cardioprotective 10 *
Cardioprotective? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardiotonic 1 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Catabolic 1 *
Chemopreventive 1 *
Choleretic 4 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Circulotonic 2 *
CNS-Depressant 2 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic 2 *
Collyrium 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic 1 *
COMP-Inhibitor 1 Dullo, A. G., et al. 1999. Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, 70: 1040-1045.
COMT-Inhibitor 1 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 1 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