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

Common Names

Black Walnut

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
METHIONINE	15	Seed	4730.0	4945.0	0.16	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHYL-3-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTANOATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	30000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYLBENZENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	5000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYLBENZENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Seed	not available	0.4	-0.78	Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
MUFA	13	Seed	127270.0	133070.0	0.17	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRICETIN	34	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MYRICETIN	34	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRICITRIN	13	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
N-DODECANE	0	Essential Oil	not available	5000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXADECANE	0	Essential Oil	not available	73000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-TETRADECANE	0	Essential Oil	not available	27000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-TRIDECANE	0	Essential Oil	not available	26000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-UNDECANE	0	Essential Oil	not available	8000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NAPHTHALEN-1-OL	0	Essential Oil	not available	27000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NAPHTHALENE	1	Essential Oil	not available	15000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
NEOSAKURNIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
NIACIN	39	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Pericarp	0.8	7.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Seed	not available	7.0	-1.07	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses

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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 *