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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CYANIDIN | 7 | 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. |
| CYCLO-TRIJUGLONE | 0 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | 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 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-5,24-STIGMASTADIENOL | 0 | Seed | 0.0 | 13.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-5-AVENASTEROL | 1 | Seed | 20.0 | 105.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-7-AVENASTEROL | 1 | Seed | 0.0 | 2.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-7-CAMPESTEROL | 0 | Seed | 0.0 | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-7-STIGMASTENOL | 0 | Seed | 0.0 | 6.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-TOCOPHEROL | 4 | Seed | 0.0 | 2090.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELLAGIC-ACID | 51 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELLAGIC-ACID | 51 | Seed | 30.0 | 105.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELLAGIC-ACID | 51 | Testa | 550.0 | 2770.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELLAGITANNINS | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Leaf | 10.0 | 30.0 | -0.81 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 400000.0 | 701000.0 | 2.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Seed | 0.4 | 1.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Testa | 10.0 | 65.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | 14000.0 | 92000.0 | -0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Neurotoxic | 3 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Neurotransmitter | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Genic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Synthase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Odontolytic | 1 | Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253. |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 5 | Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19. |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Oviposition-Stimulant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ovulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oxidant | 2 | Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978. |
| Oxytocic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inducer | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| P450-Inhibitor | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| PAF-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Paralytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Paramecicide | 1 | Fitoterapia No.5-1990. |
| Parasiticide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Percutaneostimulant | 2 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |