Plant Equisetum arvense (Equisetaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Field Horsetail; Horsetail

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
DIHYDROQUERCETIN	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
DIMETHYL-SULFONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
DOLICHOSTERONE	0	Strobilus	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
EQUISETINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
EQUISETONIN	1	Plant	not available	50000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EQUISETRIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Oct-91.
EQUISETROSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
EQUISETUMPYRONE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
EQUISITINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ERYTHRONIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
FAT	0	Plant	5778.0	27000.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Plant	71000.0	235000.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(CRUDE)	0	Plant	not available	202000.0	1.81	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY)	0	Plant	not available	312000.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONOIDS	0	Plant	2700.0	10000.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
FUMARIC-ACID	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
GALLIC-ACID	62	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
GALUTEOLIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Oct-91.
GALUTEOLIN	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	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	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	3	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Addictive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Additive	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	14	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	13	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *