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Plant Juglans nigra (Juglandaceae)

Common Names
Black Walnut
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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 *
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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
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Molluscicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Monoamine-Precursor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Motor-Depressant 1 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Mycobactericide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Myostimulant 2 Duke, 1992 *
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Narcotic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Natriuretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide 7 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nephrotoxic 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroparalytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neuroprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *