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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
1,4,5-TRIHYDROXY-NAPTHALENE-4-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant Gruenwald, J. et al. 1998. PDR for Herbal Medicine. 1st ed. Medical Economics Co., Montvale, NJ. 1244 pp. (abbreviated as PHR or Physicians Herbal Reference in my mind)
1,4,5-TRIOXY-NAPHTHALINE-5-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
24-METHYLENECHOLESTEROL 0 Seed 0.0 3.5 *
3,3'-BISJUGLONE 0 Root Bark Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ALANINE 3 Seed USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Seed 0.0 135.0 -0.30 *
ARGININE 14 Seed USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 4500.0 15000.0 0.65 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 8000.0 13000.0 0.76 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 0.0 52.0 -0.31 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Seed 12000.0 21000.0 -0.81 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 14750.0 15310.0 -0.65 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
AVICULARIN 7 Leaf Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 0.0 1.0 -0.37 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-EUDESMOL 13 Leaf 12.0 30.0 -0.53 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.
BETA-HYDROPLUMBAGIN 0 Fruit Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed 310.0 1765.0 0.05 *
BETA-TOCOPHEROL 0 Seed 0.0 *
BETULIN 13 Bark Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antifibrinolytic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 2 *
Antifibrosarcomic 1 *
Antifibrotic 2 *
Antiflu 7 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antifumitory 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 1 *
Antigastric 2 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigastrisecretogogic 1 Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Antigastritic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 *
Antigenotoxic 2 *
Antigingivitic 5 *
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigonadotrophic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigout 1 *
Antigranular 1 *