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
Clastogenic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant	1	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Co-carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive	1	Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist	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
COX-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	4	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
DNA-Active	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fungicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatocarcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective	2	Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 210.