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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASH | 0 | Hull Husk | not available | 29000.0 | -0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Pericarp | 3480.0 | 29000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Seed | 23000.0 | 27770.0 | -0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Seed | 24620.0 | 25740.0 | 0.28 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| BARIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 8.7 | -0.27 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| BEHNIC ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZALDEHYDE | 24 | Essential Oil | not available | 28000.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZALDEHYDE | 24 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZYL-ALCOHOL | 9 | Essential Oil | not available | 29000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZYL-ALCOHOL | 9 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Fruit | not available | 0.6 | -0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Hull Husk | not available | 0.6 | -1.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Pericarp | not available | 0.6 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Seed | 1.0 | 2.0 | -0.30 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| BETA-HYDROJUGLONE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-HYDROPLUMBAGIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Seed | 870.0 | 880.0 | -0.29 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| BORON | 4 | Seed | not available | 4.7 | -0.92 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| BROMINE | 0 | Seed | not available | 2.5 | -0.43 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| CADMIUM | 3 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.33 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| 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. |