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

Common Names

Shagbark Hickory

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
ALUMINUM	5	Seed	not available	2.6	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
ANTIMONY	0	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Shoot	25000.0	90000.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM	0	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM	0	Shoot	12.0	1800.0	0.91	Duke, 1992 *
BETULIN	13	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID	22	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
BORON	4	Seed	not available	8.5	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Shoot	2.0	63.0	0.04	Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE	0	Seed	not available	1.8	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Shoot	0.0	3.0	1.35	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	not available	1095.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Shoot	5250.0	33300.0	1.35	Duke, 1992 *
CERIUM	0	Shoot	4.0	63.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CESIUM	0	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE	7	Seed	not available	71.0	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Seed	not available	1.6	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Shoot	0.1	2.7	0.08	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
Dermatitigenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	3	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.
Estrogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fungicide	3	Martindale's 29th
Goitrogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hepatoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypertensive	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperthyroid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic	7	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypoglycemic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypotriglyceridemic	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
Immunomodulator	5	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.