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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Fruit | not available | 3090.0 | -0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Hull Husk | not available | 3090.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Pericarp | 371.0 | 3090.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Seed | 565.0 | 668.0 | -0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Seed | not available | 60.0 | -0.50 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Fruit | not available | 821000.0 | 0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Hull Husk | not available | 821000.0 | 0.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Pericarp | 98520.0 | 821000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Seed | 121000.0 | 153000.0 | -1.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVACROL | 37 | Essential Oil | not available | 9000.0 | -0.97 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CERIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.4 | -0.11 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| CESIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | -0.34 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| CHLORINE | 7 | Seed | not available | 54.0 | -0.63 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Fruit | not available | 0.9 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Hull Husk | not available | 9.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Pericarp | 0.1 | 0.9 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Seed | not available | 1.0 | -0.54 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| COBALT | 2 | Fruit | not available | 36.0 | 3.82 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Pericarp | 0.4 | 3.6 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antitumor (Pancreas) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Prostate) | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Skin) | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Stomach) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor-Promoter | 8 | Cancer Research, 48: 5941. |
| Antitussive | 3 | Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 200. |
| Antiulcer | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcerogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiuremic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antivaccinia | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antivaginitic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antivertigo | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral | 17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antivitiligic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antixerophthalmic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiyeast | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anxiolytic | 7 | Merck 11th Edition |
| AP-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aphrodisiac | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |