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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
LYSINE 4 Seed 7700.0 7966.0 -0.56 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 2212.0 2676.0 -0.11 *
MANGANESE 14 Seed 31.0 72.0 0.23 *
MERCURY 1 Seed 0.0 -0.69 *
METHIONINE 15 Seed 6111.0 6321.0 0.52 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Seed 0.4 -0.78 *
MUFA 13 Seed 104250.0 107852.0 -0.01 *
NICKEL 3 Seed 4.3 -0.09 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 103520.0 107097.0 -0.10 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 8720.0 9021.0 -0.51 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 14420.0 14918.0 0.40 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 4085.0 4834.0 -0.14 *
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 4044.0 7493.0 -0.45 *
PROLINE 0 Seed 12360.0 12787.0 0.29 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 235470.0 271587.0 0.34 *
PUFA 4 Seed 427410.0 442179.0 2.56 *
RUBIDIUM 0 Seed 2.5 -1.14 *
SAMARIUM 0 Seed 0.0 -0.85 *
SCANDIUM 0 Seed 0.0 -0.41 *
SELENIUM 60 Seed 0.1 -0.26 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antioxidant? 2 *
Antiparasitic 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antiparkinsonian 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antipellagric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiperiodontitic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiphenylketonuric 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiplaque 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiPMS 3 *
Antipolyneuritic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 1 *
Antiprostaglandin 1 *
Antiprostatitic 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipruritic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsychotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiradicular 2 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
AntiRaynaud's 1 *
Antirenitic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinopathic 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