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

Common Names

Pecan

How this plant is used

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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
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	1.1	1.3	-0.85	Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM	0	Seed	not available	22.0	0.47	Duke, 1992 *
SAMARIUM	0	Seed	not available	0.1	0.71	Duke, 1992 *
SCANDIUM	0	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Seed	not available	200.0	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Seed	0.0	31.0	-0.67	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM	0	Seed	not available	2.5	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Seed	not available	800.0	-0.98	Duke, 1992 *
TANTALUM	0	Seed	not available	0.1	1.79	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Seed	7.2	8.9	0.55	Duke, 1992 *
THORIUM	0	Seed	not available	0.1	-1.08	Duke, 1992 *
TIN	4	Seed	not available	1.8	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM	0	Seed	not available	2.8	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
TUNGSTEN	0	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
VANADIUM	16	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6	0	Seed	1.8	2.0	-1.16	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Seed	30000.0	50540.0	-0.68	Duke, 1992 *
YTTERBIUM	0	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.34	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.