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
NICKEL	3	Seed	1.6	2.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN	0	Seed	23000.0	28000.0	0.33	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
OBTUSIFOLIOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
OLEIC-ACID	18	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	425000.0	572650.0	3.73	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	15500.0	65000.0	0.64	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Seed	11.0	12.0	-0.50	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHLOBAPHENE	0	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.
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	2900.0	4622.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTATE	0	Seed	16200.0	17200.0	0.61	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Seed	not available	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	Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-1	1	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-3	2	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-3	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	121000.0	210000.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-(2''-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-BETA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSIDE	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-GLUCOSYLGALACTOSIDE	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN	44	Bark	not available	not available	not available	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.