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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
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 3630.0 -0.05 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Hull Husk 3630.0 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 6070.0 6345.0 1.16 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LANTHANUM 0 Seed 0.0 -0.17 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
LAURIC-ACID 7 Seed Oil *
LEAD 0 Seed 0.6 -0.53 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
LEUCINE 2 Seed 17040.0 17815.0 0.07 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEUCINE-AMINO-PEPTIDASE 0 Seed *
LIMONENE 60 Essential Oil 15000.0 -0.65 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 334590.0 349845.0 2.08 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed 33060.0 34565.0 0.02 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LUTETIUM 0 Seed 0.0 2.51 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
LYSINE 4 Seed 7210.0 7540.0 -0.62 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 440.0 -0.78 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Pericarp 53.0 440.0 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 1795.0 2155.0 -0.31 *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 23.0 24.0 -0.25 *
MANGANESE 14 Pericarp 0.3 2.4 *
MANGANESE 14 Seed 30.0 46.0 -0.09 *
MERCURY 1 Seed 0.1 -0.12 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).