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
METHIONINE	15	Seed	4730.0	4945.0	0.16	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHYL-3-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBUTANOATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	30000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYLBENZENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	5000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYLBENZENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Seed	not available	0.4	-0.78	Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
MUFA	13	Seed	127270.0	133070.0	0.17	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRICETIN	34	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.
MYRICETIN	34	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRICITRIN	13	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.
N-DODECANE	0	Essential Oil	not available	5000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXADECANE	0	Essential Oil	not available	73000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-TETRADECANE	0	Essential Oil	not available	27000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-TRIDECANE	0	Essential Oil	not available	26000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-UNDECANE	0	Essential Oil	not available	8000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NAPHTHALEN-1-OL	0	Essential Oil	not available	27000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NAPHTHALENE	1	Essential Oil	not available	15000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
NEOSAKURNIN	0	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.
NIACIN	39	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Pericarp	0.8	7.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Seed	not available	7.0	-1.07	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses

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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
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