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Plant Carya illinoensis (Juglandaceae)

Common Names
Pecan
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ZINC 77 Seed not available 56.0 0.31 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Anticirrhotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlaudificant? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 2 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 5 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.