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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Pericarp | not available | 162000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Pericarp | not available | 410000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLUORINE | 0 | Seed | not available | 1.6 | 0.07 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| GADOLEIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 5480.0 | 5730.0 | 0.13 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| GALLIC-ACID | 62 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL | 14 | Seed | 172.0 | 180.0 | -0.58 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| GERANIOL | 35 | Essential Oil | not available | 13000.0 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 52130.0 | 54505.0 | 0.54 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Seed | 12030.0 | 12580.0 | 0.24 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| GOLD | 3 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.54 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| GUM | 0 | Pericarp | 9600.0 | 80000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HAFNIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | 0.62 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| HENEICOSANOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPT-2-EN-1-AL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 3000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTADECADIENOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTADECANOIC-ACID | 1 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTADECENOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTAN-1-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 7000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEX-3-EN-1-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 62000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEX-3-EN-1-OL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Hepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatomagenic | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotoxic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotropic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Herbicide | 4 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| Histamine-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Histaminic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIV-RT-Inhibitor | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 224. |
| Hydrocholerectic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 2 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| Hypertensive | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hyperthyroid | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypnotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypoammonemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypoarginanemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 17 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 9 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypolipidemic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |