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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Fruit | not available | 3630.0 | -0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Hull Husk | not available | 3630.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Seed | 6070.0 | 6345.0 | 1.16 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LANTHANUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.17 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEAD | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.6 | -0.53 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Seed | 17040.0 | 17815.0 | 0.07 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LEUCINE-AMINO-PEPTIDASE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Essential Oil | not available | 15000.0 | -0.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 334590.0 | 349845.0 | 2.08 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 33060.0 | 34565.0 | 0.02 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LUTETIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | 2.51 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| LYSINE | 4 | Seed | 7210.0 | 7540.0 | -0.62 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Fruit | not available | 440.0 | -0.78 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Pericarp | 53.0 | 440.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Seed | 1795.0 | 2155.0 | -0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Fruit | 23.0 | 24.0 | -0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Pericarp | 0.3 | 2.4 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Seed | 30.0 | 46.0 | -0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MERCURY | 1 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | -0.12 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antifatigue | 7 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antifeedant | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifertility | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifibrinolytic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrosarcomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 6 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195. |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigallstone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastric | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastrisecretogogic | 1 | Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp. |
| Antigastritic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiglycosuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigoiter | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antigonadotrophic | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |