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Common Names
Field Horsetail; Horsetail
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL | 0 | Strobilus | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 24-ALPHA-EHTYL-CHOLEST-5-EN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 24-ALPHA-METHYL-CHOLEST-5-EN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 3-METHOXY-PYRIDINE | 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. |
| 4-HYDROXY-6-(2-HYDROXY-ETHYL)-2,2,5,7-TETRAMETHYL-INDANONE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 4-HYDROXY-6-(2-HYDROXY-ETHYL)-2,2,5,7-TETRAMETHYL-INDANONE | 0 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 5-CAFFEOYL-SHIKIMIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 5-O-CAFFEOYLSHIKIMIC-ACID | 1 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 6-CHLOROAPIGENIN | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ACONITIC-ACID | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-CAROTENE | 7 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Plant | 81.0 | 378.0 | -0.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN | 101 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| APIGENIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| APIGENIN-5-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| APIGENIN-5-O-(6'-MALONYL-GLUCOSIDE) | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| APIGENIN-5-O-(6'-O-MALONYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE) | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| APIGENIN-5-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| APIGENIN-5-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| APIGENIN-5-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotropic | 3 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antigout | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiGTF | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihangover | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiheartburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemolytic | 2 | Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994. |
| Antihemorrhagic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihemorrhoidal | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihepatitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihepatoadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Akao, M. and Kuroda, K. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Fumaric Acid on Hepatocarcinogenesis by Thioacetamide in Mice. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2012-2014, 1990. |
| Antihepatotoxic | 11 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiherpetic | 15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihistaminic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihydrophobic | 1 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antihyperactivity | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antihypercholesterolemic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |