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
ASH	0	Hull Husk	not available	29000.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Pericarp	3480.0	29000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	23000.0	27770.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	24620.0	25740.0	0.28	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BARIUM	0	Seed	not available	8.7	-0.27	Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
BEHNIC ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Essential Oil	not available	28000.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Essential Oil	not available	29000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	not available	0.6	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Hull Husk	not available	0.6	-1.34	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Pericarp	not available	0.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Seed	1.0	2.0	-0.30	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-HYDROJUGLONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HYDROPLUMBAGIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	870.0	880.0	-0.29	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BORON	4	Seed	not available	4.7	-0.92	Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
BROMINE	0	Seed	not available	2.5	-0.43	Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
CADMIUM	3	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.33	Furr, A.K., et al. 1979

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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
Tumor-Promoter	1	J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Tumorigenic	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot	6	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Uricosuric	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Urinary-Antiseptic	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Urine-Acidifier	1	Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uteroactive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Varroacide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasoactive	1	Merck 11th Edition
Vasoconstrictor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	10	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.