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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Juglans cinerea (Juglandaceae)

Common Names
Butternut
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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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 *
SILICON 4 Seed 1450.0 1.12 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 2.7 12.0 -0.70 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 4250.0 4397.0 -0.47 *
STRONTIUM 0 Seed 0.3 -0.83 *
SULFUR 14 Seed 2870.0 0.19 *
TANNIN 35 Bark *
TANTALUM 0 Seed 0.0 -0.42 *
THORIUM 0 Seed 0.1 -1.08 *
THREONINE 4 Seed 9400.0 9725.0 0.36 *
TIN 4 Seed 0.7 -0.56 *
TITANIUM 0 Seed 2.7 -0.56 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 3660.0 3786.0 0.16 *
TUNGSTEN 0 Seed 0.1 -0.28 *
TYROSINE 8 Seed 9770.0 10108.0 0.55 *
VALINE 3 Seed 15410.0 15942.0 0.48 *
VANADIUM 16 Seed 0.0 -0.57 *
WATER 0 Seed 30000.0 36000.0 -0.74 *
YTTERBIUM 0 Seed 0.0 -0.33 *
ZINC 77 Seed 26.0 37.0 -0.23 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticonvulsant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiCrohn's 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidandruff 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidementia 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant 6 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidepressant? 1 *
Antidermatophytic 1 *
Antidiabetic 7 *
Antidiabetic? 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antidiarrheic 1 *
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Acetaminophen) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Cadmium) 1 Let's Live, May 1989.
Antidote (Hypoglycin-A) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Lead) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Mercury) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paracetamol) 1 Martindale's 29th