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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
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