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Horse Chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum
Horse Chestnut · Almindelig hestekastanje · At şabalıdı · Běły jěrowc · Castan porcesc · Castan sălbatic · Castanheiro da Índia · Castanheiro-da-índia · Castanwydd y Meirch · Castanwydden Geffyl · Castanwydden y Meirch · Castanyer d'Índia · Castanyer d'Índia comú · Castanyera borde · Castaño de la India · Castiñeiro de Indias · Conker-tree · Crann cnó capaill · Divlji kesten · European horse chestnut
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Dutch, Italian, French, ", US, Mexico, English, Italy
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Analgesic, Anodyne, Astringent, Back
Science studied: ADENINE, ESCIN, ALLANTOIN, ANGELIC-ACID
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Hippocastanaceae
Scientific name: Aesculus hippocastanum
Common names: Horse Chestnut, Almindelig hestekastanje, At şabalıdı, Běły jěrowc, Castan porcesc, Castan sălbatic, Castanheiro da Índia, Castanheiro-da-índia, Castanwydd y Meirch, Castanwydden Geffyl, Castanwydden y Meirch, Castanyer d'Índia, Castanyer d'Índia comú, Castanyera borde, Castaño de la India, Castiñeiro de Indias, Conker-tree, Crann cnó capaill, Divlji kesten, European horse chestnut
History
The source record documents this plant in Dutch, Italian, French, ", US, Mexico, English, Italy and 6 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Analgesic
- Anodyne
- Astringent
- Back
- Fever
- Narcotic
- Neuralgia
- Pertussis
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- Piles
- Poison
- Preventitive(Rheumatism)
- Rectitis
- Rectum
- Rheumatism
- Sclerosis(Breast)
- Sore
- Sternutatory
- Tonic
- Vasoconstrictor
- Vulnerary
- Alterative
- Cancer
- Hemostatic
- Malaria
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Dutch
- Italian
- French
- "
- US
- Mexico
- English
- Italy
- Turkey
- German
- Spain
- Spanish
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- Elsewhere
- Portuguese
Documented cultural uses
- Analgesic
- Anodyne
- Astringent
- Back
- Fever
- Narcotic
- Neuralgia
- Pertussis
- Piles
- Poison
- Preventitive(Rheumatism)
- Rectitis
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- Rectum
- Rheumatism
- Sclerosis(Breast)
- Sore
- Sternutatory
- Tonic
- Vasoconstrictor
- Vulnerary
- Alterative
- Cancer
- Hemostatic
- Malaria
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- The genome sequence of Aesculus hippocastanum L., 1753 (Sapindales: Sapindaceae) · 2026 source ↗
- The genome sequence of <i>Aesculus hippocastanum</i> L., 1753 (Sapindales: Sapindaceae). · 2026 source ↗
- Phytochemical Characterization of Extracts From Aesculus hippocastanum L. Seeds and Quantification of Saponins Using HPLC-DAD and a Novel Tensiometric Approach. · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ADENINE
- ESCIN
- ALLANTOIN
- ANGELIC-ACID
- BARRINGTOGENOL-C
- CARBOHYDRATES
- CITRIC-ACID
- CRYPTOAESCIN
- 16-DESOXY-BARRINGTOGENOL
- 3,5-DIHYDROXY-3',4'7-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE
- FAT
- FRAXETIN
- GUANINE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-GLUCOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE
- LEUCOCYANIDIN
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- ALPHA-METHYL-BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRIC-ACID
- MYRICETIN
- PLASTOQUINONE-8
- QUERCETIN
- SAPONINS
- SCOPOLIN
- STARCH
- TIGLIC-ACID
- URIC-ACID
- WATER
- ESCULIN
- ESCULETIN
- ASH
- BARRINGTOGENOL-D
- CRYPTOAESCIGENIN
- ACETIC-ACID
- ASTRAGALIN
- CHOLINE
- GLUCURONIC-ACID
- KAEMPFEROL-3-ARABINOSIDE
- LEUCODELPHINIDIN
- PROTEIN
- SCOPOLETIN
- TANNIN
- 3',4',7-TRIMETHYL-ETHER
- FRAXIN
- ADENOSINE
- 2-CARBOXYARABINITOL
- 2-METHYL-BUTEN-1-AL
- 3-METHYL-BUTAN-1-AL
- AESCULITANNIN-A
- AESCULITANNIN-B
- AESCULITANNIN-C
- AESCULITANNIN-D
- AESCULITANNIN-E
- AESCULITANNIN-F
- AESCULITANNIN-G
- ALLANTOIC-ACID
- ALPHA-AESCIN
- ALPHA-AMURIN
- ALPHA-CAROTENE
- AMINO-ACIDS
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- BARRINGTOGENOL-C-21-ANGELATE
- BENZALDEHYDE
- BENZYL-FORMATE
- BETA-AESCIN
- BETA-AMYRIN
- BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE
- BUTYL-ACETATE
- BUTYROSPERMOL
- CAMPEST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL
- CAMPESTEROL
- CASTAPRENOL-10
- CASTAPRENOL-11
- CASTAPRENOL-12
- CASTAPRENOL-13
- GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONE
- PROTOAESCIGENIN
- (+)-CATECHIN
- (+)-PINITOL
- 1,8-CINEOL
- 24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL
- 2,3-DIMETHYL-HEPT-5-EN-1-AL
- 3[2'(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDO)4'(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDO)BETA-D-GLUCURONOPYRANOSIDO]21-BETA-ANGELOYL-22-ALPHA-ACETYL-PROTOA
- 3[2'(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDO)4'(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDO)BETA-D-GLUCURONOPYRANOSIDO]21-BETA-TIGLOYL-22-ALPHA-ACETYL-PROTOAE
- 5-HYDROXY-METHYL-FURFURAL
- ALPHA-PINENE
- ALPHA-SPINASTEROL
- BETA-PINENE
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- CHOLESTEROL
- CINNAMTANNIN-B-1
- CINNAMTANNIN-B-2
- CYANIDIN
- DECAN-1-OL
- DODEC-2-EN-1-OL
- ELEUTHEROSIDE-B-1
- EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-6)-EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-6)-EPI-CATECHIN
- EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)-EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-8,2-BETA-8)-EPI-CATECHIN
- EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-8,2-BETA-7)-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)-EPI-CATECHIN
- EPI-CATECHIN-(4-BETA-8,2-BETA-7)-EPI-CATECHIN-(4-ALPHA-8)-ENT-EPI-CATECHIN
- FLAVAZIDE
- GALACTOSE
- GERANIOL
- HIPPOCAESCULIN
- HIPPOCASTANOSIDE
- HISTIDINE
- ISOKAEMPFERIDE
- ISOQUERCITRIN
- ISORHAMNETIN
- KAEMPFEROL
- KAEMPFEROL-4',7-DIMETHYL-ETHER
- LAURIC-ACID
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- MYO-INOSITOL
- MYRICETIN-3',4',7-TRIMETHYL-ETHER
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- NONAN-1-AL
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PALMITOLEIC-ACID
- PARKEOL
- PROANTHOCYANIDIN-A-4
- PROANTHOCYANIDIN-A-6
- PROANTHOCYANIDIN-A-7
- PROANTHOCYANIDIN-POLYMER
- PROCYANIDIN-A-1
- PROCYANIDIN-A-2
- PROCYANIDIN-A-4
- PROCYANIDIN-B-1
- PROCYANIDIN-B-2
- PROCYANIDIN-B-3
- PROCYANIDIN-B-4
- PROCYANIDIN-B-5
- PROCYANIDIN-C-1
- PROCYANIDIN-D-1
- PROCYANIDIN-D2
- PROCYANIDIN-E
- PROCYANIDIN-G
- QUEBRACHITOL
- QUERCETIN-3',4',7-TRIMETHYL-ETHER
- QUERCETIN-3,3'-DIMETHYLETHER
- QUERCITRIN
- RHAMNAZIN
- RHAMNOCITRIN
- RUTIN
- SERINE
- STEARIC-ACID
- STIGMAST-4-EN-3-ONE
- STIGMAST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL
- 5-ALPHA-TIRUCALLA-8-23-DIEN-3-BETA-OL
- APS-SULFOTRANSFERASE
- STIGMASTA-5,7-DIEN-3-BETA-OL
- STIGMASTEROL
- SUCROSE
- TARAXEROL
- TRIDEC-2-EN-1-OL
- UREA
- 6,7-DIHYDROXYCOUMARIN
- 6,7-DIHYDROXYCOUMARIN-6-GLUCOSIDE
- AESCIGENIN
- AESCIN
- AESCULETIN
- AESCULIN
- CRYPTOAESCIN-A
- CRYPTOAESCIN-B
- FLAVONES
- FRIEDELIN
- GLUCOSE
- HIPPOAESCULIN
- HIPPOCASTANINE
- JUGLANIN
- KAEMPFEROL-3-RHAMNOFURANOSIDE
- L-(+)-LYSINE
- L-(-)-TRYPTOPHAN
- LEUCOANTHOCYANS
- OLEIC-ACID
- POLYPRENOLS
- PROANTHOCYANIN-A-2
- PROVITAMIN-D
- QUERCETIN-3-ARABINOSIDE
- QUERCETIN-3-RHAMNOSIDOGLUCOSIDE
- QUINONES
- SITOSTEROL
- SPINASTEROL
- TRIACONTANE
- VITAMIN-K-1
- XYLOSE
- CAMPHENE
- EPICATECHIN
- LIMONENE
- (-)-EPICATECHIN
- (-)-QUERBRACHITOL
- (-)-QUINIC-ACID
- 1-KESTOSE
- 2-KESTOSE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE
- OPCS
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE
- QUERCETIN-3-RHAMNOSIDE
- STACHYOSE
- AESCULETOL
- AESCULOSIDE
- LUTEOLOL
- QUERCETOL
- QUERCETOSIDE
- RHAMNETOL
- RUTOSIDE
- XANTHORHAMNOSIDE
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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