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.
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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
Antiulcer	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiviral	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Anxiolytic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Arteriodilator	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Astringent	1	Martindale's 28th
Beta-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	2	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	2	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiac	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Cardioprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	2	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.