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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
LYSINE 4 Seed 7700.0 7966.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 2212.0 2676.0 -0.11 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Seed 31.0 72.0 0.23 Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY 1 Seed not available 0.0 -0.69 Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Seed 6111.0 6321.0 0.52 Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Seed not available 0.4 -0.78 Duke, 1992 *
MUFA 13 Seed 104250.0 107852.0 -0.01 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Seed not available 4.3 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 103520.0 107097.0 -0.10 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 8720.0 9021.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 14420.0 14918.0 0.40 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 4085.0 4834.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 4044.0 7493.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Seed 12360.0 12787.0 0.29 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 235470.0 271587.0 0.34 Duke, 1992 *
PUFA 4 Seed 427410.0 442179.0 2.56 Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM 0 Seed not available 2.5 -1.14 Duke, 1992 *
SAMARIUM 0 Seed not available 0.0 -0.85 Duke, 1992 *
SCANDIUM 0 Seed not available 0.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Seed not available 0.1 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidysenteric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysgeuzic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antieczemic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiencephalopathic 6 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 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.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigastritic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglycosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *