Plant Corylus avellana (Betulaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

English Filbert; European Filbert; European Hazel; Hazel; Cobnut

How this plant is used

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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
(+)-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
Encephalopathic	1	Martindale's 29th
Energizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Estrogenic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Febrifuge	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Fibrinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Flatugenic	3	Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994.
FLavor	3	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide	5	Martindale's 29th
Gastroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Goitrogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Gonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hematopoietic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hemolytic	1	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemostat	3	Martindale's 29th
Hepatomagenic	1	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.