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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Juglans nigra (Juglandaceae)

Common Names
Black Walnut
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ASH 0 Hull Husk 29000.0 -0.60 *
ASH 0 Pericarp 3480.0 29000.0 *
ASH 0 Seed 23000.0 27770.0 -0.60 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 24620.0 25740.0 0.28 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BARIUM 0 Seed 8.7 -0.27 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
BEHNIC ACID 0 Seed Oil *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Essential Oil 28000.0 1.41 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Fruit *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Essential Oil 29000.0 1.00 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Fruit *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.6 -0.15 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Hull Husk 0.6 -1.34 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Pericarp 0.6 *
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 *
BETA-HYDROPLUMBAGIN 0 Fruit *
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 4.7 -0.92 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
BROMINE 0 Seed 2.5 -0.43 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
CADMIUM 3 Seed 0.0 -0.33 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Apoptotic 9 *
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Ascaricide 2 *
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 3 Martindale's 29th
Ataxigenic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
ATPase-Inhibitor 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat 2 Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 *
Beta-Blocker 2 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchoconstrictor 1 *
Bronchodilator 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Bronchoprotectant 1 *
Calcium-Antagonist 5 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).