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Common Names
Black Walnut
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COBALT | 2 | Seed | not available | 0.3 | -0.19 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| COPPER | 12 | Seed | 10.0 | 20.0 | 0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYSTINE | 2 | Seed | 4680.0 | 4895.0 | 1.21 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| DECA-2-4-DIEN-1-AL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 12000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIMETHYLBENZENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EICOSADIENOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EICOSENOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELLAGIC-ACID | 51 | 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. |
| ELLAGIC-ACID | 51 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELLAGIC-ACID | 51 | Shoot | not available | 35.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYLBENZENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 41000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYLBENZENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUROPIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.78 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| FAT | 0 | Fruit | not available | 52000.0 | -0.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Pericarp | 6240.0 | 52000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 563000.0 | 612000.0 | 1.83 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Fruit | not available | 162000.0 | 0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Pericarp | not available | 162000.0 | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | 17000.0 | 71215.0 | -0.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Sudorific | 1 | Fitoterapia No.5-1990. |
| Sunscreen | 3 | Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993. |
| Suppository | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Taenicide | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Teratogenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Teratologic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Termiticide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Testosteronigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Thymoprotective | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Thyrotropic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| TNF-alpha-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-I-Antagonist | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999. |
| Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Toxic | 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 |
| Tracheorelaxant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tranquilizer | 3 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90. |
| Transdermal | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tremorigenic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Trichomonicide | 4 | Martindale's 29th |