Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Equisetum arvense (Equisetaceae)

Common Names
Field Horsetail, Horsetail
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL 0 Strobilus Jim Duke's personal files.
24-ALPHA-EHTYL-CHOLEST-5-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
24-ALPHA-METHYL-CHOLEST-5-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
3-METHOXY-PYRIDINE 0 Plant ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
4-HYDROXY-6-(2-HYDROXY-ETHYL)-2,2,5,7-TETRAMETHYL-INDANONE 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
4-HYDROXY-6-(2-HYDROXY-ETHYL)-2,2,5,7-TETRAMETHYL-INDANONE 0 Stem Jim Duke's personal files.
5-CAFFEOYL-SHIKIMIC-ACID 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
5-O-CAFFEOYLSHIKIMIC-ACID 1 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
6-CHLOROAPIGENIN 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
ACONITIC-ACID 1 Plant *
ALPHA-CAROTENE 7 Sprout Seedling Jim Duke's personal files.
ALUMINUM 5 Plant 81.0 378.0 -0.01 *
APIGENIN 101 Plant Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
APIGENIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
APIGENIN-5-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
APIGENIN-5-O-(6'-MALONYL-GLUCOSIDE) 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
APIGENIN-5-O-(6'-O-MALONYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE) 0 Sprout Seedling Jim Duke's personal files.
APIGENIN-5-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
APIGENIN-5-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling Jim Duke's personal files.
APIGENIN-5-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Stem Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Acaricide 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 6 (View) *
Acidulant 3 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Addictive 1 (View) *
Additive 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 14 (View) *
Allelochemic 2 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 3 (View) Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 9 (View) *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 13 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *