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Plant Equisetum arvense (Equisetaceae)

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
GALUTEOLIN 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GALUTEOLIN 0 Stem not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GENKWANIN 3 Plant not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
GENKWANIN 3 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GENKWANIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GENKWANIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GENKWANIN-5-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GENKWANIN-5-O-(6'-O-MALONYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE) 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENKWANIN-5-O-(6'-O-MALONYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE) 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GENKWANIN-5-O-(6'-O-MALONYL-GLUCOSIDE) 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GENKWANIN-5-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GLUCONIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GLYCERIC-ACID 3 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GOSSYPETIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GOSSYPETIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GOSSYPITRIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
GOSSYPITRIN 0 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GOSSYPITRIN 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
HERBACETIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HERBACETRIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 9 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticirrhotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlastogen 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 3 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.