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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
QUERCETIN-3-ARABINOSIDE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
QUERCITRIN 44 Leaf *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 1.0 5.0 0.57 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SALICYLATES 7 Seed 3.0 -0.32 *
SERINE 1 Seed 7820.0 8115.0 -0.47 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SEROTONIN 26 Embryo 95.0 *
SEROTONIN 26 Seed 304.0 0.71 *
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 *
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Testa 12.0 43.0 *
SITOSTANOL 0 Seed 0.0 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 20.0 130.0 -0.51 *
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 *
SULFUR 14 Seed 1040.0 -0.85 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SYRINGALDEHYDE 4 Seed 6.0 12.0 *
SYRINGALDEHYDE 4 Testa 200.0 325.0 *
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 Seed 130.0 600.0 1.73 *
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 Testa 6850.0 18860.0 *
TANNIN 35 Bark 53000.0 75100.0 -0.58 *
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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.