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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
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE 15 Embryo not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-NOR-PINEN-2-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-PROPYLTRIDECANE 0 Essential Oil not available 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
7-METHYLUNDECENE 0 Essential Oil not available 7000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Seed 10610.0 11095.0 0.20 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-HYDROJUGLONE-4-GLUCOSIDE 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.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil not available 17000.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Fruit not available 231.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Hull Husk not available 231.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Pericarp 28.0 231.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Seed not available 2.9 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
ANTIMONY 0 Seed not available 0.1 -0.17 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Seed 36610.0 38280.0 0.58 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARSENIC 2 Seed not available 0.0 -0.51 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit not available 0.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Hull Husk not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit not available 29000.0 -0.72 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
Chemopreventive 5 Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 8 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Cholesterolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Co-carcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Coagulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Coleoptophile 1 Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing 1 Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
COMP-Inhibitor 1 Dullo, A. G., et al. 1999. Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, 70: 1040-1045.
COMT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *