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Plant Carya ovata (Juglandaceae)

Common Names
Shagbark Hickory
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
COBALT 2 Seed not available 0.2 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Shoot 0.0 13.5 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Seed not available 7.8 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Shoot 1.3 45.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
EUROPIUM 0 Seed not available 0.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE 0 Seed not available 1.3 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE 0 Shoot 0.0 0.0 -1.31 Duke, 1992 *
GOLD 3 Seed not available 0.0 -0.54 Duke, 1992 *
HAFNIUM 0 Seed not available 0.1 0.62 Duke, 1992 *
IODINE 12 Seed not available 0.1 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
IODINE 12 Shoot 2.0 5.0 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Seed not available 32.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Shoot 12.5 45.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
LANTHANUM 0 Seed not available 0.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
LANTHANUM 0 Shoot 1.7 90.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
LEAD 0 Seed not available 0.4 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
LEAD 0 Shoot 0.7 46.0 -0.77 Duke, 1992 *
LECITHIN 20 Seed Oil not available 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LITHIUM 11 Shoot 0.1 11.7 1.71 Duke, 1992 *
LUTETIUM 0 Seed not available 0.0 0.07 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
Antigout 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigrey 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihangover 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic 1 Duke, 1992 *