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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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 * |