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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Vermifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vesicant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	5	Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229