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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antifatigue | 6 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antifeedant | 8 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Antifertility | 3 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifibrinolytic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrosarcomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrotic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 4 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antifumitory | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigallstone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigargantitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastric | 1 | Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85. |
| Antigastritic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigenotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiglycosuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |