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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Juglans nigra (Juglandaceae)

Common Names
Black Walnut
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
TIN 4 Seed 1.7 -0.41 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
TITANIUM 0 Seed 2.9 -0.55 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 3220.0 3365.0 0.01 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TUNGSTEN 0 Seed 0.1 0.01 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
TYROSINE 8 Seed 7490.0 7830.0 0.02 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
URANIUM 1 Seed 0.0 1.41 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
VALINE 3 Seed 12860.0 13445.0 0.18 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VANADIUM 16 Seed 0.0 -0.56 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Seed *
WATER 0 Fruit 876000.0 0.46 *
WATER 0 Pericarp 880000.0 *
WATER 0 Seed 31000.0 43600.0 -0.71 *
YTTERBIUM 0 Seed 0.1 -0.28 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
ZINC 77 Fruit *
ZINC 77 Hull Husk *
ZINC 77 Pericarp *
ZINC 77 Seed 46.0 0.02 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 9 *
Antihyperthyroid 2 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiimplantation 1 *
Antiimpotence 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 23 *
Antiinsomniac 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
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
Antiischemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.