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Common Names
Field Horsetail; Horsetail
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POPULNIN | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| POTASIUM-CHLORIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | 15000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Plant | 3338.0 | 15600.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Shoot | not available | 27000.0 | 0.22 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| POTASSIUM-CHLORIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | 15000.0 | -1.39 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Plant | 24396.0 | 114000.0 | -0.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID | 43 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| PROTOGENKWANIN | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 453.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROTOGENKWANIN-4''-O-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| PROTOGENKWANIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| PROTOGENKWANIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROTOGENKWANIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| QUERCETIN-3,7-O-DIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-(6'-O-MALONYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE) | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-(6'-O-MALONYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE) | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-(6'-O-MALONYL-GLUCOSIDE) | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anorectic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anorexic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| ANS-Paralytic | 1 | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| ANS-Stimulant | 1 | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| Anthelmintic | 2 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| Antiacetylcholinesterase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacne | 5 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiacrodermatitic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiacrodynic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiADD | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiadenoviral | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antiadenovirus | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194. |
| Antiaflatoxin | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiAGE | 2 | 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 |
| Antiaggregant | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiaging | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiakathisic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialcoholic | 4 | Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications. |
| Antiallergenic | 1 | Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991. |