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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Carya ovata (Juglandaceae)

Common Names
Shagbark Hickory
How this plant is used
Food
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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
SODIUM 1 Seed 2.8 -0.71 *
SODIUM 1 Shoot 5.0 270.0 -0.66 *
STRONTIUM 0 Seed 2.5 -0.76 *
STRONTIUM 0 Shoot 12.0 900.0 1.12 *
SULFUR 14 Seed 2180.0 -0.20 *
TANTALUM 0 Seed 0.0 -0.11 *
THORIUM 0 Seed 0.3 0.69 *
TIN 4 Seed 3.2 -0.19 *
TITANIUM 0 Seed 4.3 -0.50 *
TITANIUM 0 Shoot 0.7 45.0 -1.43 *
TUNGSTEN 0 Seed 0.0 -0.85 *
VANADIUM 16 Seed 0.0 -0.58 *
YTTERBIUM 0 Seed 0.1 -0.28 *
YTTERBIUM 0 Shoot 0.1 0.9 0.89 *
YTTRIUM 0 Shoot 0.5 13.5 -1.00 *
ZINC 77 Seed 46.0 0.02 *
ZINC 77 Shoot 7.0 342.0 0.13 *
ZIRCONIUM 0 Shoot 0.5 2.7 -0.89 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antianemic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 2 *
Antianorectic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarrhythmic 3 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarthritic 8 *
Antiasthmatic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiataxic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiatherosclerotic 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 4 Martindale's 29th
AntiBPH 1 *
Anticancer 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticanker 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinomic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticataract 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 1 *