Aesculus chinensis
Aesculus chinensis, the Chinese horse chestnut (Chinese:七叶树 qi ye shu), is a tree species in the genus Aesculus found in eastern Asia.
| Aesculus chinensis | |
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| Aesculus chinensis leaves | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Genus: | Aesculus |
| Species: | A. chinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Aesculus chinensis Bunge, Enum. Pl. China Bor. 10. 1833 | |
| Subspecies | |
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Aesculus chinensis var. chinensis | |
The seed contains triterpenoid saponins[1] and flavonoids, such as aescuflavoside and aescuflavoside A, which are glycosides of quercetin.[2]
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References
- Wei, F; Ma, LY; Jin, WT; Ma, SC; Han, GZ; Khan, IA; Lin, RC (2004). "Antiinflammatory triterpenoid saponins from the seeds of Aesculus chinensis". Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 52 (10): 1246–8. doi:10.1248/cpb.52.1246. PMID 15467246.
- Wei, Feng; Ma, Shuang-Cheng; Ma, Lin-Yun; But, Paul Pui-Hay; Lin, Rui-Chao; Khan, Ikhlas A. (2004). "Antiviral Flavonoids from the Seeds of Aesculus chinensis". Journal of Natural Products. 67 (4): 650–3. doi:10.1021/np030470h. PMID 15104496.
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