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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COBALT | 2 | Seed | not available | 0.3 | -0.19 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| COPPER | 12 | Seed | 10.0 | 20.0 | 0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYSTINE | 2 | Seed | 4680.0 | 4895.0 | 1.21 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| DECA-2-4-DIEN-1-AL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 12000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIMETHYLBENZENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EICOSADIENOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EICOSENOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELLAGIC-ACID | 51 | 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. |
| ELLAGIC-ACID | 51 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELLAGIC-ACID | 51 | Shoot | not available | 35.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYLBENZENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 41000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYLBENZENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUROPIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.78 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| FAT | 0 | Fruit | not available | 52000.0 | -0.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Pericarp | 6240.0 | 52000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 563000.0 | 612000.0 | 1.83 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Fruit | not available | 162000.0 | 0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Pericarp | not available | 162000.0 | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | 17000.0 | 71215.0 | -0.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Cancer-Preventive | 29 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Cancer-Preventive? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Candida-SAP-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Candidicide | 13 | Martindale's 28th |
| Candidistat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Capillariprotective | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Carcinogenic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiac | 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. |
| Cardiomyopathogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Cardioparalytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardioprotective | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardioprotective? | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Cardiotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiovascular | 1 | Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006. |
| Carminative | 2 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Caspase-8-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Catabolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cataractagenic | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Cerebrophilic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Chelator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |