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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POPULNIN | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| POTASIUM-CHLORIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | 15000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Plant | 3338.0 | 15600.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Shoot | not available | 27000.0 | 0.22 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| POTASSIUM-CHLORIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | 15000.0 | -1.39 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Plant | 24396.0 | 114000.0 | -0.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID | 43 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| PROTOGENKWANIN | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 453.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROTOGENKWANIN-4''-O-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| PROTOGENKWANIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| PROTOGENKWANIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROTOGENKWANIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| QUERCETIN-3,7-O-DIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-(6'-O-MALONYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE) | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-(6'-O-MALONYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE) | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-(6'-O-MALONYL-GLUCOSIDE) | 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. |