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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-CATECHIN-7-O-BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSIDE 0 Stem Bark not available 132.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-GALLOCATECHIN-(4-ALPHA-8)-CATECHIN 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-GALLOCATECHIN-(4-ALPHA-8)-CATECHIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-GALLOCATECHIN-(4-ALPHA-8)-GALLOCATECHIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3ALPHA,7ALPHA,22ALPHA-TRIHYDROXYSTIGMASTEN-(5) 0 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.
5-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AFZELIN 1 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLANTOIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Seed not available 240.0 0.03 Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Seed not available 2.6 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
ANTIMONY 0 Seed not available 0.1 -0.17 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
ARSENIC 2 Seed not available 0.0 -0.62 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 10.0 22.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed 17000.0 50000.0 0.06 Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AVENASTEROL 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
BARIUM 0 Seed not available 1.1 -0.28 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 0.0 0.4 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Copper-Chelator 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Activator 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Depressant 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermatitigenic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Detoxicant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition