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Common Names
English Filbert; European Filbert; European Hazel; Hazel; Cobnut
How this plant is used
Food
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antianginal | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiangiogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianorectic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antianorexic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianxiety | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiarabiflavinotic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiarrhythmic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarteriosclerotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 6 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antibacterial | 11 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiberiberi | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiBPH | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Esophagus)? | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |