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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
CAFFEOYL-5-O-SHIKIMIC-ACID 0 Plant *
CALCIUM 28 Plant 4045.0 18900.0 0.57 *
CALCIUM-SULFATE 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
CALLIC-ACID 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
CAMPESTEROL 2 Plant *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Strobilus Jim Duke's personal files.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Plant 157718.0 737000.0 0.42 *
CASTASTERONE 0 Strobilus Jim Duke's personal files.
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
CHOLESTEROL 1 Plant *
CHROMIUM 24 Plant 0.5 2.2 -0.66 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
COBALT 2 Plant 1.0 5.3 -0.30 *
CYSTATHIONINE 0 Shoot 0.3 Jim Duke's personal files.
DELTA-5,8,11,14-EICOSATETRAENIC-ACID 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DELTA-7,10,13-HEXADECATRIENIC-ACID 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DELTA-8,11,14-EICOSATRIENIC-ACID 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DELTA-9,12,15-OCTADECATRIENIC-ACID 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DI-E-CAFFEIC-MESO-TARTARIC-ACID 0 Plant 80.0 *
DIHYDROKAEMPFEROL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiallergic 8 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialopecic 2 *
Antialzheimeran 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic 1 *
Antiamnesic 1 *
Antiamyloid-Beta 1 *
Antianacarditic 1 *
Antianaphylactic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiandrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 6 *
Antianorectic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaphthic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 7 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarthritic 8 *