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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
APIGENIN-6-C-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling Jim Duke's personal files.
APIGENIN-6-C-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling Jim Duke's personal files.
ARABINOIC-ACID 0 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ARABINONIC-ACID 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
AROMADENDRIN 3 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
ARTICULATIN 0 Plant Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ARTICULATIN 0 Spleen Jim Duke's personal files.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant 45.0 208.0 -0.54 *
ASH 0 Plant 22684.0 106000.0 -0.27 *
ASTRAGALIN 7 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
ASTRAGALIN 7 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Plant 11.0 49.0 -0.46 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Sprout Seedling Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Sprout Seedling Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Strobilus Jim Duke's personal files.
BRASSINOSTEROIDS 0 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant 8000.0 0.18 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
CAFFEIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 4 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 *
Acaricide 1 *
ACE-Inhibitor 6 *
Acidulant 3 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Addictive 1 *
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 14 *
Allelochemic 2 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 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 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 13 *
Androgenic 1 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiogenic 1 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 *