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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-RUTINOSIDE-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-RUTINOSIDE-7-O-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-RUTINOSIDE-7-O-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-SOPHOROSIDE 1 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-SOPHOROSIDE-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
KAEMPFEROL-7-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
KAEMPFEROL-7-O-RHAMNOSIDE 5 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
KILOCALORIES 0 Plant 200.0 3170.0 -0.12 Duke, 1992 *
LEUTEOLIN 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LUTEIN-EPOXIDE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LUTEOLIN 78 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN 78 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LUTEOLIN-5-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
LUTEOLIN-5-O-(6'-O-MALONYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE) 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-5-O-(6'-O-MALONYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE) 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LUTEOLIN-5-O-(6'-O-MALONYL-GLUCOSIDE) 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LUTEOLIN-5-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYCOPHYLL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MAGNESIUM 65 Plant 935.0 4370.0 0.09 Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *