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Plant Equisetum hyemale (Equisetaceae)

Common Names

Horsetail, Scouring Rush

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ACONITIC-ACID	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Plant	not available	0.1	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Root	not available	0.1	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Plant	not available	15500.0	0.20	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Plant	not available	4.0	-1.11	Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYLSULFON	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GOSSYPETIN-3-BETA-D-...GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HERBACETIN-3-BETA-D-...GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Plant	not available	140.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Plant	not available	1010.0	-0.95	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Plant	not available	12.0	-0.61	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Plant	not available	0.1	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Plant	not available	14900.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON-DIOXIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Plant	not available	85.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Plant	not available	10.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *

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