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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Fruit | not available | 3090.0 | -0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Hull Husk | not available | 3090.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Pericarp | 371.0 | 3090.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Seed | 565.0 | 668.0 | -0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Seed | not available | 60.0 | -0.50 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Fruit | not available | 821000.0 | 0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Hull Husk | not available | 821000.0 | 0.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Pericarp | 98520.0 | 821000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Seed | 121000.0 | 153000.0 | -1.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVACROL | 37 | Essential Oil | not available | 9000.0 | -0.97 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CERIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.4 | -0.11 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| CESIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | -0.34 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| CHLORINE | 7 | Seed | not available | 54.0 | -0.63 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Fruit | not available | 0.9 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Hull Husk | not available | 9.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Pericarp | 0.1 | 0.9 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Seed | not available | 1.0 | -0.54 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| COBALT | 2 | Fruit | not available | 36.0 | 3.82 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Pericarp | 0.4 | 3.6 | not available | 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 * |