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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
ALANINE 3 Seed 13724.0 14194.0 0.86 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Seed 87180.0 90192.0 1.45 *
ALUMINUM 5 Seed 2.6 -0.36 *
ANTIMONY 0 Seed 0.1 -0.84 *
ARGININE 14 Seed 48620.0 50300.0 1.09 *
ARSENIC 2 Seed 0.0 -0.62 *
ASH 0 Seed 25150.0 30466.0 -0.52 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 30960.0 32030.0 0.84 *
BARIUM 0 Seed 1.6 -0.28 *
BORON 4 Seed 7.0 -0.81 *
BROMINE 0 Seed 1.5 -0.48 *
CADMIUM 3 Seed 0.0 -0.33 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 512.0 724.0 -0.63 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 120500.0 124664.0 -1.58 *
CESIUM 0 Seed 0.0 -0.58 *
CHLORINE 7 Seed 78.0 -0.58 *
CHROMIUM 24 Seed 1.4 -0.48 *
COBALT 2 Seed 0.2 -0.20 *
COPPER 12 Seed 4.0 8.4 -0.58 *
CYSTINE 2 Seed 4840.0 5007.0 1.29 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiinflammatory 6 *
Antiinsomniac 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsulinogenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antikeshan 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antilepric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antileukemic 1 *
Antileukonychic 1 *
Antileukotriene 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antileukotriene-D4 4 *
Antilipolytic 1 *
Antilithic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiLyme 1 *
Antilymphomic 1 *
Antimaculitic 2 *
Antimanic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimelanomic 1 *
Antimenopausal 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimenorrhagic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 3 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.