Horse Chestnut Extract

1. Sources and Habitat

Horse Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) is native to a small area in the Pindus Mountains mixed forests and Balkan mixed forests of South East Europe. It is widely cultivated in streets and parks throughout the temperate world.

2. Descriptions and Specifications of Product

Content Specifications: 20% Aescins Test by HPLC
Molecular Formula: C55H86O24
Molecular Mass:1131.26
CAS No: 6805-41-0

3.Indications and Uses

Horse Chestnut Extract have been employed in the treatment of rheumatism and neuralgia, and also in rectal complaints and for haemorrhoids. Veinotonic and to reduce capillary permeability (and so minimize varicose veins); Treatment of venous insufficiency; Anti-edemic; Anti-inflammatory.
Horse chestnut extract has demonstrated a variety of beneficial effects including anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiedema, venotonic (helpful to veins) and vasoprotective (protective of vessels or ducts) actions.