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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
JUGLONE 16 Leaf *
JUGLONE 16 Seed 60.0 205.0 -1.00 *
JUGLONE 16 Testa 1980.0 7630.0 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
KAEMPFEROL-3-ARABINOSIDE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 6420.0 6665.0 1.41 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LECITHIN 20 Seed CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
LEUCINE 2 Seed 9920.0 10295.0 -0.65 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 228000.0 532760.0 3.65 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed 8000.0 112160.0 1.38 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LYSINE 4 Seed 3880.0 4025.0 -1.09 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 1310.0 1945.0 -0.40 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MANGANESE 14 Seed 27.0 32.0 -0.27 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MELATONIN 23 Seed *
MESO-INOSITOL 0 Leaf 3000.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
METHIONINE 15 Seed 2800.0 2905.0 -0.36 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MUFA 13 Seed 141750.0 147720.0 0.28 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 1890.0 1960.0 -0.27 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Leaf Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Perfumery 4 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide 29 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 *
Phagocytotic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Pheromone 1 *
Phospholipase-A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 *
Pigment 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 *
PKC-Inhibitor 1 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Preservative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Progesteronigenic 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Prolactinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Proliferant 1 *
Prooxidant 4 *
Propecic 4 *
Prostaglandigenic 3 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 6 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.