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
COBALT	2	Seed	not available	0.3	-0.19	Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
COPPER	12	Seed	10.0	20.0	0.47	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Seed	4680.0	4895.0	1.21	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
DECA-2-4-DIEN-1-AL	0	Essential Oil	not available	12000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYLBENZENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EICOSADIENOIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EICOSENOIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID	51	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.
ELLAGIC-ACID	51	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID	51	Shoot	not available	35.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYLBENZENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	41000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYLBENZENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUROPIUM	0	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.78	Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
FAT	0	Fruit	not available	52000.0	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Pericarp	6240.0	52000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	563000.0	612000.0	1.83	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	not available	162000.0	0.19	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Pericarp	not available	162000.0	not available	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
FIBER	15	Seed	17000.0	71215.0	-0.50	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
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid	2	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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.