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
LUTETIUM	0	Seed	not available	0.0	0.07	Duke, 1992 *
M-INOSITOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	not available	980.0	-0.78	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	not available	30.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Seed	8.9	9.3	-1.01	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Seed	not available	1.6	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Seed	17.0	18.0	0.13	Duke, 1992 *
PHLOROGLUCIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	2890.0	3340.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	3971.0	6242.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	92000.0	97000.0	-1.22	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3,5-DIMETHYLETHER	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-5-METHYLETHER	0	Plant	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
Colorant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
COMP-Inhibitor	1	Dullo, A. G., et al. 1999. Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, 70: 1040-1045.
Contraceptive	1	Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Cosmetic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Depressant	1	Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermatitigenic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Detoxicant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Encephalopathic	1	Martindale's 29th
Energizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.