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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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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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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 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 2 *
NO-Genic 2 *
NO-Inhibitor 4 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Oxytocic 1 *
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 *
Paralytic 1 *
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.