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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
ALUMINUM 5 Seed 2.6 -0.36 *
ANTIMONY 0 Seed 0.1 -0.17 *
ARSENIC 2 Seed 0.0 -0.62 *
ASH 0 Shoot 25000.0 90000.0 -0.29 *
BARIUM 0 Seed 0.1 -0.28 *
BARIUM 0 Shoot 12.0 1800.0 0.91 *
BETULIN 13 Stem Bark Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Stem Bark Jim Duke's personal files.
BORON 4 Seed 8.5 -0.74 *
BORON 4 Shoot 2.0 63.0 0.04 *
BROMINE 0 Seed 1.8 -0.46 *
CADMIUM 3 Seed 0.1 -0.31 *
CADMIUM 3 Shoot 0.0 3.0 1.35 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 1095.0 -0.56 *
CALCIUM 28 Shoot 5250.0 33300.0 1.35 *
CERIUM 0 Shoot 4.0 63.0 *
CESIUM 0 Seed 0.1 -0.34 *
CHLORINE 7 Seed 71.0 -0.59 *
CHROMIUM 24 Seed 1.6 -0.45 *
CHROMIUM 24 Shoot 0.1 2.7 0.08 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antigout 1 *
Antigrey 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihangover 1 *
Antiherpetic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiherpetic? 1 *
AntiHIV 4 Kashiwada, Y., et. al. 1998. Anti-AIDS Agents. 30. Anti-HIV Activity of Oleanolic Acid, Pomolic Acid, and Structurally Related Triterpenoids. J. Nat. Prod., 61 (9): 1090-1095.
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive 3 *
Antihyperthyroid 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiimpotence 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinflammatory 4 Recio, M., et al. 1994. Investigations on the Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Triterpenoids from Diospyros leucomelas*. Planta Medica, 61: 9.
Antiinsomniac 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsulinogenic 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
Antikeshan 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antilepric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antileukemic 2 *
Antileukonychic 1 *