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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Fruit | not available | 3630.0 | -0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Hull Husk | not available | 3630.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Seed | 6070.0 | 6345.0 | 1.16 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LANTHANUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.17 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEAD | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.6 | -0.53 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Seed | 17040.0 | 17815.0 | 0.07 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LEUCINE-AMINO-PEPTIDASE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Essential Oil | not available | 15000.0 | -0.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 334590.0 | 349845.0 | 2.08 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 33060.0 | 34565.0 | 0.02 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LUTETIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | 2.51 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| LYSINE | 4 | Seed | 7210.0 | 7540.0 | -0.62 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Fruit | not available | 440.0 | -0.78 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Pericarp | 53.0 | 440.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Seed | 1795.0 | 2155.0 | -0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Fruit | 23.0 | 24.0 | -0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Pericarp | 0.3 | 2.4 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Seed | 30.0 | 46.0 | -0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MERCURY | 1 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | -0.12 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| 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. |