Plant Equisetum hyemale (Equisetaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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	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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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antispasmodic	4	Phytotherapy Research, 4: 73.
Antispasmophilic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistaphylococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistress	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antistroke	2	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antisunburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X	3	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antithiamin	1	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic	1	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antithyroid	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antitumor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	2	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.