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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Carya glabra (Juglandaceae)

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Common name(s)
Pignut Hickory
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
5 ALUMINUM Shoot 40.0 7700.0 0.43 *
0 ASH Shoot 20000.0 110000.0 0.17 *
0 BARIUM Shoot 140.0 2200.0 1.36 *
4 BORON Shoot 0.0 77.0 0.54 *
28 CALCIUM Shoot 3800.0 40700.0 1.89 *
24 CHROMIUM Shoot 0.0 5.5 1.77 *
2 COBALT Shoot 0.0 16.5 1.43 *
12 COPPER Shoot 0.9 55.0 1.57 *
12 IODINE Shoot 2.0 5.0 -0.73 *
6 IRON Shoot 10.0 429.0 -0.09 *
0 LANTHANUM Shoot 1.0 220.0 1.00 *
0 LEAD Shoot 2.0 103.0 0.75 *
11 LITHIUM Shoot 0.0 6.6 0.59 *
65 MAGNESIUM Shoot 144.0 24200.0 2.31 *
14 MANGANESE Shoot 38.0 3300.0 1.56 *
2 MOLYBDENUM Shoot 0.0 33.0 1.50 *
3 NICKEL Shoot 0.4 55.0 1.84 *
4 PHOSPHORUS Shoot 8.0 2640.0 -0.34 *
14 POTASSIUM Shoot 540.0 18700.0 -0.36 *
0 RUBIDIUM Shoot 1.8 17.0 -1.00 *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.