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Botanical Name |
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Castanea sativa Mill. |
English
Name |
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Sweet Chestnut |
Synonym(s) |
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Castanea vulgaris Linn., Castanea vesca Gaertn., Fagus castanea L. |
Family |
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Fagaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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An exotic ornamental tree, up to 15 m in height and 90-120 cm in girth. Bark ashy grey, longitudinally furrowed; leaves elliptic- lanceolate, coriaceous, cuspidate, sharply serrate, 10-25 cm long; flowers green, strongly scented, in yellow catkins; nuts brown, 25 mm in diam, ovoid, enclosed in a prickly involucre, 1-3 seeded. |
| Herb Effects |
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Antispasmodic and antiviral (stem bark); astringent, anti-inflammatory, expectorant and tonic (leaf and bark). |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Kaempferol, myricetol, quercetol, rutoside, myricitroside, quercitroside, quercetin,
hexen-2-al-1, lecithins, caffeic, ellagic, p -coumaric, dehydrodigallic, quinic, shikimic and ursolic acids, lupeol and betulin (leaf). |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Kaempferol |
80714-53-0 |
3-[3-[4,5-dihydroxy-
6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-
[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-
(hydroxyme
thyl)oxa
n-2-yl]oxy-oxan-2-yl
]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6
-(hydroxymethyl)oxan
-2
-yl]oxy-4,5-dihy
droxy-2-(4-hydroxyph
enyl)-chromen-7-one |
C33H40O21 |
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| Myricetol |
529-44-2 |
3,4,5-trihydroxy-2-(
3,4,5-trihydroxyphen
yl)-chromen-7-one |
C15H10O8 |
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| Quercetol |
74893-81-5 |
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-3,4,5-trihydroxy
-chromen-7-one |
C15H10O7 |
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| Rutoside |
56764-99-9 |
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-4,5-dihydroxy-3-
[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-
[(3,4,5-tr
ihydroxy
-6-methyl-oxan-2-yl)
oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]
oxy-chromen-7-one |
C27H30O16 |
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| Quercetin |
Not Available |
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-3,4,5-trihydroxy
-chromen-7-one |
C15H10O7 |
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| Caffeic acid |
Not Available |
3-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)prop-2-enoic acid |
C9H8O4 |
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| Ellagic acid |
Not Available |
Not Available |
C14H6O8 |
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| P-coumaric acid |
501-98-4 |
3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)p
rop-2-enoic acid |
C9H8O3 |
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| Shikimic acid |
138-59-0 |
3,4,5-trihydroxycycl
ohexene-1-carboxylic
acid |
C7H10O5 |
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| Ursolic acid |
77-52-1 |
10-hydroxy-1,2,6a,6b
,9,9,12a-heptamethyl
-2,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a
,10,11,12, |
C30H48O3 |
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| Lupeol |
Not Available |
Not Available |
C30H50O |
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| Betulin |
Not Available |
Not Available |
C30H50O2 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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As an astringent and in whooping cough (leaf and bark); for fevers and diseases of the respiratory track, rheumatism, to ease lower back pains and to relieve stiff muscles and joints (leaves) |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
Johnson T. CRC Ethnobotany Desk Reference (www.herbweb.com/herbage). |
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