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Common Names
Black Walnut
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Pericarp | 128.0 | 1070.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Seed | 4475.0 | 5880.0 | 0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTATE | 0 | Seed | 19770.0 | 20400.0 | 1.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Seed | 1080.0 | 1100.0 | -0.35 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| PLUMBAGIN | 42 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Fruit | not available | 14900.0 | -0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Hull Husk | not available | 14900.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Pericarp | 1788.0 | 14900.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Seed | 4600.0 | 5670.0 | -0.61 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Seed | 9370.0 | 9800.0 | -0.30 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | 98000.0 | -0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Pericarp | 11760.0 | 98000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 205000.0 | 257485.0 | 0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEINS | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID | 43 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PUFA | 4 | Seed | 374920.0 | 392010.0 | 2.18 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-GLUCOSYLGALACTOSIDE | 0 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Fruit | not available | 1.0 | -0.86 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Pericarp | 0.1 | 1.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiphenylketonuric | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiphotophobic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antipityriasic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiplaque | 7 | Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21 |
| Antiplasmodial | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiPMS | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipneumonic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antipodriac | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antipolio | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194. |
| Antipoliomyelitic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antipolyneuritic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiporphyric | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antipredatory | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprogestational | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antiprolactin | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiproliferant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostaglandin | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostanoid | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostatadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiprostatitic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |