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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
TIN 4 Seed not available 1.7 -0.41 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
TITANIUM 0 Seed not available 2.9 -0.55 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 3220.0 3365.0 0.01 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TUNGSTEN 0 Seed not available 0.1 0.01 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
TYROSINE 8 Seed 7490.0 7830.0 0.02 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
URANIUM 1 Seed not available 0.0 1.41 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
VALINE 3 Seed 12860.0 13445.0 0.18 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VANADIUM 16 Seed not available 0.0 -0.56 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Fruit not available 876000.0 0.46 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Pericarp not available 880000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Seed 31000.0 43600.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
YTTERBIUM 0 Seed not available 0.1 -0.28 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
ZINC 77 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Hull Husk not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Seed not available 46.0 0.02 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidysenteric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysgeuzic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 7 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiendotoxic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 3 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.