Plant Juglans nigra (Juglandaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Black Walnut

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE	15	Embryo	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-NOR-PINEN-2-OL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-PROPYLTRIDECANE	0	Essential Oil	not available	5000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-METHYLUNDECENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	7000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Seed	10610.0	11095.0	0.20	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-HYDROJUGLONE-4-GLUCOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Essential Oil	not available	17000.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Fruit	not available	231.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Hull Husk	not available	231.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Pericarp	28.0	231.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Seed	not available	2.9	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
ANTIMONY	0	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.17	Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Seed	36610.0	38280.0	0.58	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARSENIC	2	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.51	Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	not available	0.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Hull Husk	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	not available	29000.0	-0.72	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Larvicide	1	Berenbaum, M. R., The natives knew, Chemtech, (May), 1990, 275-279.
Larvistat	2	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative	5	Duke, 1992 *
Leptingenic	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
Leukotriene-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipotropic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	4	Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lubricant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metal-Chelator	2	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper)	1	Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic	1	Science News, 146: 421.