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Common Names
English Walnut
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JUGLONE | 16 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| JUGLONE | 16 | Seed | 60.0 | 205.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| JUGLONE | 16 | Testa | 1980.0 | 7630.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-ARABINOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Seed | 6420.0 | 6665.0 | 1.41 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LECITHIN | 20 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Seed | 9920.0 | 10295.0 | -0.65 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 228000.0 | 532760.0 | 3.65 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 8000.0 | 112160.0 | 1.38 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| LYSINE | 4 | Seed | 3880.0 | 4025.0 | -1.09 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Seed | 1310.0 | 1945.0 | -0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Seed | 27.0 | 32.0 | -0.27 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MELATONIN | 23 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MESO-INOSITOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | 3000.0 | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Seed | 2800.0 | 2905.0 | -0.36 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MUFA | 13 | Seed | 141750.0 | 147720.0 | 0.28 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | 1890.0 | 1960.0 | -0.27 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 11B-HSD-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Abortifacient | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acaricide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acarifuge | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACE-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acidulant | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Addictive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Adjuvant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 11 | Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888. |
| Allelochemic | 5 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
| Allelopathic | 3 | Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865. |
| Allergenic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Analgesic | 13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anaphrodisiac | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Androgenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |