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
Anticancer (Esophagus)?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Mouth)	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Pancreas)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinogenic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast)	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	5	Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	9	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.