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Plant Juglans nigra (Juglandaceae)

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
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
Antianorectic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 13 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 8 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 26 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic 2 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Anticancer 8 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Colon) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Esophagus) 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.