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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
SODIUM 1 Seed not available 2.8 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Shoot 5.0 270.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM 0 Seed not available 2.5 -0.76 Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM 0 Shoot 12.0 900.0 1.12 Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Seed not available 2180.0 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
TANTALUM 0 Seed not available 0.0 -0.11 Duke, 1992 *
THORIUM 0 Seed not available 0.3 0.69 Duke, 1992 *
TIN 4 Seed not available 3.2 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM 0 Seed not available 4.3 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM 0 Shoot 0.7 45.0 -1.43 Duke, 1992 *
TUNGSTEN 0 Seed not available 0.0 -0.85 Duke, 1992 *
VANADIUM 16 Seed not available 0.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
YTTERBIUM 0 Seed not available 0.1 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
YTTERBIUM 0 Shoot 0.1 0.9 0.89 Duke, 1992 *
YTTRIUM 0 Shoot 0.5 13.5 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Seed not available 46.0 0.02 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Shoot 7.0 342.0 0.13 Duke, 1992 *
ZIRCONIUM 0 Shoot 0.5 2.7 -0.89 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiTourette's 1 Martindale's 28th
Antitriglyceride 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitumor 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antitumor (brain) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Lung) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 2 Martindale's 28th
Antiulcerogenic 1 Rafatullah, S., Tariq, M., Al-Yahya, M.A., Mossa, J.S., and Ageel, A.M. 1989. Evaluation of Turmeric (Curcuma longa) for Gastric and Duodenal Antiulcer Activity in Rats. J. of Ethnopharmacology, 29: 25-34, 1990.
Antivaginitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiviral 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anxiolytic 5 Duke, 1992 *
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aphidifuge 1 Lugemwa, F.N., Huang, F-Y., Bentley, M.D., Mendel, M.J., and Alford, A.R. 1990. A Heliothis zea Antifeedant from the Abundant Birchbark Triterpene Betulin. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38(2): 493-494.
Apoptotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).