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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
ALANINE 3 Seed 13724.0 14194.0 0.86 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Seed 87180.0 90192.0 1.45 Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Seed not available 2.6 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
ANTIMONY 0 Seed not available 0.1 -0.84 Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Seed 48620.0 50300.0 1.09 Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Seed not available 0.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed 25150.0 30466.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 30960.0 32030.0 0.84 Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM 0 Seed not available 1.6 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Seed not available 7.0 -0.81 Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE 0 Seed not available 1.5 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM 3 Seed not available 0.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 512.0 724.0 -0.63 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 120500.0 124664.0 -1.58 Duke, 1992 *
CESIUM 0 Seed not available 0.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE 7 Seed not available 78.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Seed not available 1.4 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Seed not available 0.2 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Seed 4.0 8.4 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Seed 4840.0 5007.0 1.29 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Vasodilator 6 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 1 Martindale's 28th
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *