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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antigonadotropic | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antigout | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigranular | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigrey | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| AntiGTF | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihalitosic | 1 | American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993. |
| Antihangover | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiheartburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemolytic | 1 | Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994. |
| Antihemorrhagic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihepatitic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihepatoadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihepatotoxic | 8 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiherpetic | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihistaminic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihistoplasmotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 8 | Tan, G.T., Pezzuto, J.M., Kinghorn,* A.D., Hughes, S.H. Evaluation Of Natural Products As Inhibitors Of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Reverse Transcriptase. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 143-154, 1991. |
| Antihomocystinuric | 1 | Martindale's 29th |