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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| STRONTIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 7.1 | -0.61 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| SUGARS | 0 | Pericarp | 6000.0 | 50000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SULFUR | 14 | Seed | not available | 2652.0 | 0.07 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| SYRINGIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNIN | 35 | Fruit | not available | 147000.0 | 0.51 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| TANNIN | 35 | Pericarp | 33600.0 | 280000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANTALUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.11 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| TETRADECANOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRADECENOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Fruit | not available | 2.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Seed | not available | 2.0 | -1.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMINE | 0 | Pericarp | 0.2 | 2.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMINE | 0 | Seed | not available | 2.0 | -0.58 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| THORIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.4 | 1.57 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| THREONINE | 4 | Seed | 7300.0 | 7630.0 | -0.11 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| THYMOL | 71 | Essential Oil | not available | 14000.0 | -1.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TIN | 4 | Fruit | not available | 12.0 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TIN | 4 | Pericarp | 1.4 | 12.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Diaphoretic? | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90. |
| Differentiator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diuretic | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DNA-Active | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| DNA-Protective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dye | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Embryotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emetic | 2 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-97. |
| Encephalopathic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Energizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Enterocontractant | 1 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Enterorelaxant | 2 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Enterotoxic | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Erythrocytogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Essential | 8 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Estrogenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Euphoriant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Expectorant | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |