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Plant Juglans cinerea (Juglandaceae)

Common Names
Butternut
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
SERINE 1 Seed 16400.0 16967.0 1.23 Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Seed not available 1450.0 1.12 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 2.7 12.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 4250.0 4397.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM 0 Seed not available 0.3 -0.83 Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Seed not available 2870.0 0.19 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANTALUM 0 Seed not available 0.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
THORIUM 0 Seed not available 0.1 -1.08 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Seed 9400.0 9725.0 0.36 Duke, 1992 *
TIN 4 Seed not available 0.7 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM 0 Seed not available 2.7 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 3660.0 3786.0 0.16 Duke, 1992 *
TUNGSTEN 0 Seed not available 0.1 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Seed 9770.0 10108.0 0.55 Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Seed 15410.0 15942.0 0.48 Duke, 1992 *
VANADIUM 16 Seed not available 0.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Seed 30000.0 36000.0 -0.74 Duke, 1992 *
YTTERBIUM 0 Seed not available 0.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Seed 26.0 37.0 -0.23 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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acnegenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Allelochemic 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 2 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Anthelmintic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacid 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 7 Martindale's 28th
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiadrenalinic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.