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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Pericarp | not available | 162000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Pericarp | not available | 410000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLUORINE | 0 | Seed | not available | 1.6 | 0.07 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| GADOLEIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 5480.0 | 5730.0 | 0.13 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| GALLIC-ACID | 62 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL | 14 | Seed | 172.0 | 180.0 | -0.58 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| GERANIOL | 35 | Essential Oil | not available | 13000.0 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 52130.0 | 54505.0 | 0.54 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Seed | 12030.0 | 12580.0 | 0.24 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| GOLD | 3 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.54 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| GUM | 0 | Pericarp | 9600.0 | 80000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HAFNIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | 0.62 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| HENEICOSANOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPT-2-EN-1-AL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 3000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTADECADIENOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTADECANOIC-ACID | 1 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTADECENOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTAN-1-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 7000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEX-3-EN-1-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 62000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEX-3-EN-1-OL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | 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. |