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
NICKEL	3	Seed	not available	4.8	0.01	Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
OCT-2-EN-1-AL	0	Essential Oil	not available	18000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECATRIENOIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECENOIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	118560.0	123965.0	0.04	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	13	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	21260.0	22230.0	-0.24	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Seed	770.0	805.0	-0.28	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PENTADECADIENOIC ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTADECANOIC-ACID	1	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTADECENOIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTAN-1-AL	0	Essential Oil	not available	6000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTAN-1-OL	0	Essential Oil	not available	26000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PEROXIDASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLACETIC-ACID	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Seed	11070.0	11575.0	0.00	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	not available	1070.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Hull Husk	not available	1070.0	1.00	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.