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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
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed not available 900.0 -0.81 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Shoot 125.0 21600.0 1.95 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Seed not available 58.0 0.06 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Shoot 37.0 2700.0 1.08 Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Seed not available 0.1 -0.84 Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Shoot 0.0 18.0 0.32 Duke, 1992 *
NEODYMIUM 0 Shoot 0.0 13.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Seed not available 9.8 0.97 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Shoot 0.3 23.0 0.10 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Shoot 110.0 1620.0 -0.80 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Seed Oil not available 3000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Seed not available 5361.0 -0.63 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Shoot 550.0 14400.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM 0 Seed not available 4.0 -1.02 Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM 0 Shoot 18.0 192.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
SAMARIUM 0 Seed not available 0.1 0.19 Duke, 1992 *
SCANDIUM 0 Seed not available 0.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Seed not available 0.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Seed not available 1180.0 0.70 Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Shoot 172.0 2250.0 -1.00 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 *