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

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Pecan

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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
Immunomodulator	7	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant	6	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant	1	Martindale's 29th
Insectifuge	3	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insulin-Sparing	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Insulinogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Interferon-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Keratolytic	1	Martindale's 29th
Laxative	4	Duke, 1992 *
Leptingenic	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
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lubricant	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Memorigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
Mucogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 28th