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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
CYANIDIN 7 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CYCLO-TRIJUGLONE 0 Root Bark Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CYSTINE 2 Seed 3450.0 3580.0 0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
DELTA-5,23-STIGMASTADIENOL 0 Seed 0.0 5.0 *
DELTA-5,24-STIGMASTADIENOL 0 Seed 0.0 13.0 *
DELTA-5-AVENASTEROL 1 Seed 20.0 105.0 *
DELTA-7-AVENASTEROL 1 Seed 0.0 2.0 *
DELTA-7-CAMPESTEROL 0 Seed 0.0 *
DELTA-7-STIGMASTENOL 0 Seed 0.0 6.0 *
DELTA-TOCOPHEROL 4 Seed 0.0 2090.0 1.00 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Fruit *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Seed 30.0 105.0 -1.00 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Testa 550.0 2770.0 *
ELLAGITANNINS 0 Leaf Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
EO 0 Leaf 100.0 300.0 -0.99 *
EUGENOL 76 Leaf 10.0 30.0 -0.81 *
FAT 0 Seed 400000.0 701000.0 2.29 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Seed 0.4 1.0 -0.43 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Testa 10.0 65.0 *
FIBER 15 Seed 14000.0 92000.0 -0.34 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Keratolytic 2 *
Larvicide 1 *
Larvistat 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 4 *
Laxative? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 2 *
Lipotropic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 6 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Lubricant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor 2 *
MAO-Inhibitor 3 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 *
Metal-Chelator 3 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 2 *
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.