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Plant Juglans nigra (Juglandaceae)

Common Names
Black Walnut
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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 *
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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
Anticholinesterase 2 L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Anticholinesterase? 1 L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Anticirrhotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant 1 Fitoterapia No.5-1990.
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 3 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 5 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's 3 Martindale's 29th
AntiCRP 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th