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Plant Juglans regia (Juglandaceae)

Common Names
English Walnut
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
QUERCETIN-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.
QUERCITRIN 44 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 1.0 5.0 0.57 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SALICYLATES 7 Seed not available 3.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Seed 7820.0 8115.0 -0.47 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SEROTONIN 26 Embryo not available 95.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SEROTONIN 26 Seed not available 304.0 0.71 Duke, 1992 *
SFA 0 Seed 55860.0 57975.0 -0.01 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Seed 0.1 1.6 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Testa 12.0 43.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTANOL 0 Seed 0.0 not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 20.0 130.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 2000.0 21030.0 -0.11 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
STIGMASTEROL 12 Seed 0.0 11.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Seed not available 1040.0 -0.85 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SYRINGALDEHYDE 4 Seed 6.0 12.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGALDEHYDE 4 Testa 200.0 325.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 Seed 130.0 600.0 1.73 Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 Testa 6850.0 18860.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Bark 53000.0 75100.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Bruchiphobe 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 8 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Inhibitor 1 Schussler, M., Fricke, U., Nikolov, N., and Holzl, J. 1991. Comparison of the Flavonoids Occurring in Crataegus species and Inhibition of 3',5'-Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate Phosphodiesterase. Plant Medica 57: Suppl Issue 2. p.A-133.
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 33 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candida-SAP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Candidicide 6 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Capillarifortificant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Capillarigenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic? 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardiac 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Cardioparalytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective 9 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiovascular 2 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.