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Plant 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
METHIONINE 15 Seed 4730.0 4945.0 0.16 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHYL-3-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTANOATE 0 Essential Oil not available 30000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYLBENZENE 0 Essential Oil not available 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYLBENZENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Seed not available 0.4 -0.78 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
MUFA 13 Seed 127270.0 133070.0 0.17 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRICETIN 34 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MYRICETIN 34 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRICITRIN 13 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
N-DODECANE 0 Essential Oil not available 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXADECANE 0 Essential Oil not available 73000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TETRADECANE 0 Essential Oil not available 27000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRIDECANE 0 Essential Oil not available 26000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-UNDECANE 0 Essential Oil not available 8000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NAPHTHALEN-1-OL 0 Essential Oil not available 27000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NAPHTHALENE 1 Essential Oil not available 15000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
NEOSAKURNIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
NIACIN 39 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Pericarp 0.8 7.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Seed not available 7.0 -1.07 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Apoptotic 9 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchoconstrictor 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist 5 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
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).