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Plant Juglans nigra (Juglandaceae)

Common Names
Black Walnut
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
HEXA-HYDROCYCLOPENTA[C]PYRAN-3(1)-ONE 0 Essential Oil not available 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECADIENOIC-ACID 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECENOIC-ACID 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL 0 Essential Oil not available 9000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL 0 Essential Oil not available 15000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 6800.0 7110.0 0.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HYDROJUGLONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IODINE 12 Pericarp 1.8 15.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
IODINE 12 Seed not available 0.1 -0.27 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
IRON 6 Fruit not available 455.0 1.28 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Pericarp 5.4 45.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Seed 28.0 73.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
ISOBORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Essential Oil not available 12000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 9780.0 10225.0 -0.03 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
JUGLONE 16 Fruit not available 3350.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
JUGLONE 16 Hull Husk not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JUGLONE 16 Leaf 100.0 1850.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
JUGLONE 16 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JUGLONE 16 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JUGLONE 16 Seed 790.0 1930.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
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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
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 *