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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
JUGLONE 16 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JUGLONE 16 Seed 60.0 205.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
JUGLONE 16 Testa 1980.0 7630.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 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.
KAEMPFEROL-3-ARABINOSIDE 0 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.
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 6420.0 6665.0 1.41 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LECITHIN 20 Seed not available not available not available 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 Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit 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.
MANGANESE 14 Seed 27.0 32.0 -0.27 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MELATONIN 23 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MESO-INOSITOL 0 Leaf not available 3000.0 not available 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 not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antigrey 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiGTF 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 2 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 12 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 12 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistoplasmotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 9 Kashiwada, Y., et. al. 1998. Anti-AIDS Agents. 30. Anti-HIV Activity of Oleanolic Acid, Pomolic Acid, and Structurally Related Triterpenoids. J. Nat. Prod., 61 (9): 1090-1095.
Antihomocystinuric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.