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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |