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Plant 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 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 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Protisticide 2 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Psychotropic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
PTK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 4 Ahn, D., Putt, D., Kresty, L., Stoner, G. D., Fromm, D., Hollenberg, P. F. 1996. The Effects of Dietary Ellagic Acid on Rat Hepatic and Esophageal Mucosal Cytochromes P450 and Phase II Enzymes. Carcinogenesis, 17(4): 821-828.
Refrigerant 1 Martindale's 28th
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Scabicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative 7 Duke, 1992 *
Serotoninergic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sialogogue 1 Martindale's 29th
Soap 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sternutatory 1 Duke, 1992 *
Styptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Succinic-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Sudorific 1 Fitoterapia No.5-1990.
Sunscreen 4 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.