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Field Horsetail
Equisetum arvense
Field Horsetail · Horsetail · Acker-Schachtelhalm · Ackerschachtelhalm · Ager-padderok · Agerpadderok · Akerschachtelhalm · Akkerpaardenstaart · Atkuyruğu · Ałtį́į́ jikʼáshí áłtsʼózígíí · Brwyn Nadd
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Haiti, Turkey, Guatemala, China, Kurdistan, Iraq, Germany*, US(Flathead)
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Albuminuria, Antiseptic, Astringent, Cancer(Bones)
Science studied: ARTICULATIN, ASH, CAFFEIC-ACID, CARBOHYDRATES
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Equisetaceae
Scientific name: Equisetum arvense
Common names: Field Horsetail, Horsetail, Acker-Schachtelhalm, Ackerschachtelhalm, Ager-padderok, Agerpadderok, Akerschachtelhalm, Akkerpaardenstaart, Atkuyruğu, Ałtį́į́ jikʼáshí áłtsʼózígíí, Brwyn Nadd
History
The source record documents this plant in Haiti, Turkey, Guatemala, China, Kurdistan, Iraq, Elsewhere, Germany* and 6 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Albuminuria
- Antiseptic
- Astringent
- Cancer(Bones)
- Carminative
- Tuberculosis
- Diabetes
- Diarrhea
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- Diuretic
- Dropsy
- Hematuria
- Hemostat
- Kidney
- Piles
- Poison
- Sore
- Tumor
- Xlbuminuria
- Bladder
- Gravel
- Hemopoietic
- Wound
- Anodyne
- Calculus
- Cancer
- Dyspepsia
- Hemoptysis
- Lung
- Gout
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Haiti
- Turkey
- Guatemala
- China
- Kurdistan
- Iraq
- Elsewhere
- Germany*
- US(Flathead)
- US
- Canada(Kwakiutl)
- Spain
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- Panama
- Mexico
Documented cultural uses
- Albuminuria
- Antiseptic
- Astringent
- Cancer(Bones)
- Carminative
- Tuberculosis
- Diabetes
- Diarrhea
- Diuretic
- Dropsy
- Hematuria
- Hemostat
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- Kidney
- Piles
- Poison
- Sore
- Tumor
- Xlbuminuria
- Bladder
- Gravel
- Hemopoietic
- Wound
- Anodyne
- Calculus
- Cancer
- Dyspepsia
- Hemoptysis
- Lung
- Gout
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ARTICULATIN
- ASH
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- CARBOHYDRATES
- CHOLESTEROL
- COBALT
- DIHYDROKAEMPFEROL
- DIMETHYL-SULFONE
- DELTA-5,8,11,14-EICOSATETRAENIC-ACID
- EQUISETINE
- EQUISETRIN
- EQUISETROSIDE
- FAT
- FIBER
- FLAVONOIDS
- GOSSYPITRIN
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- DELTA-7,10,13-HEXADECATRIENIC-ACID
- P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID
- IRON
- ISOQUERCITRIN
- ISOQUERCITROSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-7-DIGLUCOSIDE
- KILOCALORIES
- LUTEOLIN-5-GLUCOSIDE
- MAGNESIUM
- 3-METHOXY-PYRIDINE
- DELTA-9,12,15-OCTADECATRIENIC-ACID
- OXALIC-ACID
- PHENOLIC-ACIDS
- PHOSPHORUS
- POTASSIUM
- RHODOXANTHIN
- RIBOFLAVIN
- SILICIC-ACID
- TANNIC-ACID
- THYMINE
- WATER
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- BETA-CAROTENE
- NICOTINE
- POTASSIUM-CHLORIDE
- ALUMINUM
- CALCIUM
- DIHYDROQUERCETIN
- DELTA-8,11,14-EICOSATRIENIC-ACID
- GALLIC-ACID
- HERBACETRIN
- ISOFUCOSTEROL
- LUTEOLIN
- NIACIN
- PALUSTRINE
- PROTEIN
- SELENIUM
- SILICON
- THIAMIN
- TIN
- ZINC
- PALUSTRININE
- EQUISETONIN
- SODIUM
- CHROMIUM
- SILICA
- 6-CHLOROAPIGENIN
- ACONITIC-ACID
- APIGENIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- APIGENIN-5-O-(6'-O-MALONYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE)
- APIGENIN-5-O-(6'-MALONYL-GLUCOSIDE)
- APIGENIN-5-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- APIGENIN-6-C-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- APIGENIN-6-C-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- ARABINONIC-ACID
- AROMADENDRIN
- ASTRAGALIN
- CALCIUM-SULFATE
- CALLIC-ACID
- CAMPESTEROL
- CASTASTERONE
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- CITRIC-ACID
- CYSTATHIONINE
- DOLICHOSTERONE
- NOR-BRASSINOLIDE
- NOR-CASTASTERONE
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- 24-ALPHA-EHTYL-CHOLEST-5-EN-3-BETA-OL
- 24-ALPHA-METHYL-CHOLEST-5-EN-3-BETA-OL
- 2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL
- 4-HYDROXY-6-(2-HYDROXY-ETHYL)-2,2,5,7-TETRAMETHYL-INDANONE
- EQUISETUMPYRONE
- EQUISITINE
- ERYTHRONIC-ACID
- FERULIC-ACID
- FUMARIC-ACID
- GALUTEOLIN
- GENKWANIN
- GENKWANIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- GENKWANIN-5-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- GENKWANIN-5-O-(6'-O-MALONYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE)
- GENKWANIN-5-O-(6'-O-MALONYL-GLUCOSIDE)
- GENKWANIN-5-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- GLUCONIC-ACID
- GLYCERIC-ACID
- GOSSYPETIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- HERBACITRIN
- KAEMPFEROL
- KAEMPFEROL-3,7-O-BETA-DIGLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3,7-O-DIGLUCOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-(6'-O-MALONYL-GLUCOSIDE)
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-(6'-O-MALONYL-GLUCOSIDE)-7-O-GLUCOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-SOPHOROSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-RUTINOSIDE-7-O-GLUCOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-RUTINOSIDE-7-O-RHAMNOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-RUTINOSIDE-7-O-SOPHOROSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-SOPHOROSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-SOPHOROSIDE-7-O-GLUCOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-7-O-RHAMNOSIDE
- PROTOGENKWANIN
- 5-CAFFEOYL-SHIKIMIC-ACID
- 5-O-CAFFEOYLSHIKIMIC-ACID
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- ISOVITEXIN
- LEUTEOLIN
- LUTEOLIN-5-O-(6'-O-MALONYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE)
- LUTEOLIN-5-O-(6'-O-MALONYL-GLUCOSIDE)
- MALIC-ACID
- MALONIC-ACID
- N(1)-N(10)-CAFFEOYL-FERULOYL-SPERMIDINE
- NARINGENIN
- PHOSPHORIC-ACID
- POPULNIN
- PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID
- PROTOGENKWANIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- PROTOGENKWANIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- QUERCETIN
- QUERCETIN-3,7-O-DIGLUCOSIDE
- QUERCETIN-3-O-(6'-O-MALONYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE)
- QUERCETIN-3-O-(6'-O-MALONYL-GLUCOSIDE)
- QUERCETIN-3-O-SOPHOROSIDE
- QUERCITRIN
- QUINIC-ACID
- SHIKIMIC-ACID
- TAXIFOLIN
- THIAMINASE
- THREONIC-ACID
- VANILLIC-ACID
- ALPHA-CAROTENE
- BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN
- LUTEIN-EPOXIDE
- LYCOPHYLL
- ZEAXANTHIN
- ISOARTICULATIN
- APIGENIN
- APIGENIN-5-GLUCOSIDE
- ARABINOIC-ACID
- BRASSINOSTEROIDS
- CAFFEIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- CAFFEOYL-5-O-SHIKIMIC-ACID
- DI-E-CAFFEIC-MESO-TARTARIC-ACID
- EQUISETOLIC-ACID
- GOSSYPETIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE
- HERBACETIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE
- ISOPENTENYL-ADENOSINE
- LUTEOLIN-5-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- MANNITOL
- POLYENIC-ACIDS
- PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- PROTOGENKWANIN-4''-O-GLUCOSIDE
- QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE
- QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- SPERMIDINE
- INOSITOL
- MANGANESE
- FIBER(CRUDE)
- FIBER(DIETARY)
- THIAMINE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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