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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
Hepatoprotective 5 *
Hepatotonic 1 *
Hepatotoxic 1 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 2 Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hypercholesterolemic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Hypertensive 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperthyroid 1 *
Hypocholesterolemic 15 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 10 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipemic 1 *
Hypolipidemic 2 *
Hypotensive 12 *
Hypotriglyceridemic 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
Hypouricemic 1 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Immunomodulator 8 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 6 *
Immunosuppressant 1 Martindale's 29th
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 *