Plant Carya illinoensis (Juglandaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Pecan

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
CATECHIN	43	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CESIUM	0	Seed	not available	0.3	0.25	Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE	7	Seed	not available	46.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Seed	not available	0.3	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Seed	not available	0.4	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Seed	not available	15.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
EUROPIUM	0	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	712000.0	753000.0	2.57	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	22000.0	24000.0	-0.87	Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE	0	Seed	not available	1.6	0.07	Duke, 1992 *
GOLD	3	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
HAFNIUM	0	Seed	not available	0.1	0.62	Duke, 1992 *
IODINE	12	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Seed	24.0	73.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Seed	6670.0	7180.0	1.82	Duke, 1992 *
LANTHANUM	0	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEAD	0	Seed	not available	0.3	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
ATPase-Inhibitor	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	2	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	11	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Candidicide	3	Martindale's 28th
Carcinogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiomyopathogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective	9	Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant	1	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *