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
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	not available	3090.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Hull Husk	not available	3090.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Pericarp	371.0	3090.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	565.0	668.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Seed	not available	60.0	-0.50	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	not available	821000.0	0.20	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Hull Husk	not available	821000.0	0.58	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Pericarp	98520.0	821000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	121000.0	153000.0	-1.47	Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL	37	Essential Oil	not available	9000.0	-0.97	Duke, 1992 *
CERIUM	0	Seed	not available	0.4	-0.11	Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
CESIUM	0	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.34	Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
CHLORINE	7	Seed	not available	54.0	-0.63	Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
CHROMIUM	24	Fruit	not available	0.9	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Hull Husk	not available	9.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Pericarp	0.1	0.9	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Seed	not available	1.0	-0.54	Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
COBALT	2	Fruit	not available	36.0	3.82	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Pericarp	0.4	3.6	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
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	2	Xu, L. N., Yu, W. G., Tian, J. Y., Liu, Q. Y. 1990. Effect of Sodium Ferulate on Arachidonic Acid Metabolism. Yao Hsueh Hsueh Pao, 25(6): 412-416.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	2	Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide	3	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Psychotropic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
PTK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	4	Ahn, D., Putt, D., Kresty, L., Stoner, G. D., Fromm, D., Hollenberg, P. F. 1996. The Effects of Dietary Ellagic Acid on Rat Hepatic and Esophageal Mucosal Cytochromes P450 and Phase II Enzymes. Carcinogenesis, 17(4): 821-828.
Roborant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Scabicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Secretogogue	3	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	11	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Serotoninergic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Soap	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spasmogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Spermicide	2	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sprout-Inhibitor	1	Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication.
Sternutatory	1	Duke, 1992 *
Styptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Succinic-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor	1	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.