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
ASH	0	Hull Husk	not available	29000.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Pericarp	3480.0	29000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	23000.0	27770.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	24620.0	25740.0	0.28	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BARIUM	0	Seed	not available	8.7	-0.27	Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
BEHNIC ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Essential Oil	not available	28000.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Essential Oil	not available	29000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	not available	0.6	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Hull Husk	not available	0.6	-1.34	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Pericarp	not available	0.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Seed	1.0	2.0	-0.30	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-HYDROJUGLONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HYDROPLUMBAGIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	870.0	880.0	-0.29	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BORON	4	Seed	not available	4.7	-0.92	Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
BROMINE	0	Seed	not available	2.5	-0.43	Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
CADMIUM	3	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.33	Furr, A.K., et al. 1979

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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
Antiosteoporotic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant	32	Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antioxidant (LDL)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant?	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipapillomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	8	Martindale's 28th
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric	3	Martindale's 28th
Antipeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontal	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipermeability	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	7	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antipharyngitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).