Plant Juglans nigra (Juglandaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Black Walnut

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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
HEXA-HYDROCYCLOPENTA[C]PYRAN-3(1)-ONE	0	Essential Oil	not available	5000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECADIENOIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECENOIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	0	Essential Oil	not available	9000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	0	Essential Oil	not available	15000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Seed	6800.0	7110.0	0.26	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HYDROJUGLONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IODINE	12	Pericarp	1.8	15.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IODINE	12	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.27	Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
IRON	6	Fruit	not available	455.0	1.28	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Pericarp	5.4	45.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Seed	28.0	73.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
ISOBORNEOL-ACETATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	12000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Seed	9780.0	10225.0	-0.03	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
JUGLONE	16	Fruit	not available	3350.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JUGLONE	16	Hull Husk	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JUGLONE	16	Leaf	100.0	1850.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JUGLONE	16	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JUGLONE	16	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JUGLONE	16	Seed	790.0	1930.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	3	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Acnegenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	3	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	15	Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill.
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	11	Duke, 1992 *