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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |