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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NICKEL | 3 | Seed | not available | 4.8 | 0.01 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| OCT-2-EN-1-AL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 18000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTADECATRIENOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTADECENOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 118560.0 | 123965.0 | 0.04 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | 21260.0 | 22230.0 | -0.24 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITOLEIC-ACID | 2 | Seed | 770.0 | 805.0 | -0.28 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PENTADECADIENOIC ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENTADECANOIC-ACID | 1 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENTADECENOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENTAN-1-AL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 6000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENTAN-1-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 26000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PEROXIDASE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLACETIC-ACID | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Seed | 11070.0 | 11575.0 | 0.00 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Fruit | not available | 1070.0 | -0.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Hull Husk | not available | 1070.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiaflatoxin | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiAGE | 2 | 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 |
| Antiaggregant | 8 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiaging | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiakathisic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialcoholic | 4 | Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications. |
| Antialdosteronic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antialkali? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialkalotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiallergenic | 2 | Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991. |
| Antiallergic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialopecic | 5 | Fitoterapia No.5-1990. |
| Antialzheimeran | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antialzheimeran? | 4 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
| Antiamblyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianaphylactic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiandrogenic | 4 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antianemic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianginal | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiangiogenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |