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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIN | 4 | Seed | not available | 1.7 | -0.41 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| TITANIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 2.9 | -0.55 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Seed | 3220.0 | 3365.0 | 0.01 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| TUNGSTEN | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | 0.01 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Seed | 7490.0 | 7830.0 | 0.02 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| URANIUM | 1 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | 1.41 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| VALINE | 3 | Seed | 12860.0 | 13445.0 | 0.18 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| VANADIUM | 16 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.56 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| VANILLIC-ACID | 24 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Fruit | not available | 876000.0 | 0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Pericarp | not available | 880000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Seed | 31000.0 | 43600.0 | -0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| YTTERBIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | -0.28 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| ZINC | 77 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZINC | 77 | Hull Husk | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZINC | 77 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZINC | 77 | Seed | not available | 46.0 | 0.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Contraceptive | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Copper-Antagonist | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Copper-Chelator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cosmetic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Counterirritant | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| COX-1-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COX-2-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Culicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytoprotective | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Cytotoxic | 5 | Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 359. |
| Deiodinase-Inhibitor | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Dentifrice | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Deodorant | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Depressant | 1 | Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp. |
| Dermatitigenic | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Detoxicant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant (Alcohol) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diaphoretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |