What is horsetail(Equisetum arvense (L)) and it's super function?

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Constituents and phytochemicals of Horsetail.

Horsetail Extract.CAS.NO.071011-23-9.Silica,Vegetal Silica 7%Equisetum arvense extract,Equiseti herba,CAS.NO:1343-98-2;7631-86-9.Horsetail Grass Extract,Equisetum hyemale;Shavegrass.Equisetum arvense, extract;Horsetail equisetium arvense extract photo picture image Horsetail consists of the fresh or dried, green, sterile stems of E. arvense L. [Fam. Equisetaceae] and its preparations in effective dosage. The herb contains silicic acid and flavonoids.

 Constituents include 10% minerals, of which over 66% are silicic acids and silicates, plus potassium, aluminum, and manganese; 0.3?% flavonoids, mainly quercetin glycosides (quercetin 3-glucoside and its malonyl esters); phenolic acids, including up to 0.008% di-E-caffeoyl-meso-tartaric acid, plus methyl esters of protocatechuic and caffeic acids; alkaloids (traces of nicotine); polyenic acids and rare dicarboxylic acids; and phytosterols.

 minerals (silicic acids and silicates - 5-8%; potassium, aluminium, sulphur, manganese and magnesium), flavonoids (principally quercetin glycosides), phenolic acids, alkaloids (usually absent except for traces of palustrine and palustrinine), saponin (equisetonin), bitter principle, phytosterols (cholesterol, isofucosterol, campesterol and others), tannins

 Definition of silicic acid:
 A group of seven hydrated forms of SiO2, including the following silicic acids: tetra, H2Si4O9, meta-di, H2Si2O5, meta-tri, H4Si3O8, meta, H2SiO3, ortho-tri, H8Si3O10, ortho-di, H6Si2O7 and ortho, H4SiO4. The latter formula is often written as Si(OH)4. Silicic acids and silicate anions polymerize through formation of multiple Si-O-Si bonds. The polysilic structure can be linear or cyclic and is not uniform in size.

 Other Phytochemicals:
 3-methoxy-pyridine, Aconitic-acid, Aluminum, Articulatin, Ascorbic-acid, Beta-carotene, Beta-sitosterol,Caffeic-acid, Calcium, Campesterol, Cholesterol, Chromium, Cobalt, Delta-5,8,11,14-eicosatetraenic-acid, Delta-7,10,13- hexadecatrienic-acid, Delta-8,11,14-eicosatrienic-acid, Delta-9,12,15- octadecatrienic-acid, Dihydrokaempferol, Dihydroquercetin, Dimethyl-sulfone, Equisetine, Equisetonin, Equisetrin, Equisetroside, Ferulic-acid, Fiber, Flavonoids, Gallic-acid, Galuteolin, Gossypitrin, Herbacetrin, Iron, Isofucosterol, Isoquercitrin, Isoquercitroside, Kaempferol, Kaempferol-7-diglucoside, Luteolin, Luteolin-5-glucoside, Magnesium, Malic-acid, Manganese, Naringenin, Niacin, Nicotine, Oxalic-acid, P-coumaric-acid, P-hydroxybenzoic-acid, Palustrine, Palustrinine, Phenolic-acids, Phosphorus, Potasium-chloride, Potassium, Rhodoxanthin, Riboflavin, Selenium, Silica, Silicic-acid, Silicon, Tannic-acid, Thiamin, Thiaminase, Thymine, Tin, Vanillic-acid, Water, Zinc

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last edit date:4th,May.2009.