Showing Food Black walnut
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| Name | Black walnut | ||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Juglans nigra | ||||||||||
| Description | Black walnut, Juglans nigra, is a deciduous tree native to North America. The nut is widely cultivated for its distinctive taste and is mostly eaten in the United States and Canada (PMID: 14533650). Black walnuts are used in various culinary applications, including ice cream, bakery goods, confections, salads, fish, pork, chicken, vegetables, and pasta dishes. The nut has a robust, distinctive flavor and a crunchy texture, with a dark brown color. It has a rich, nutty taste and a strong, earthy odor. Black walnuts are rich in dietary minerals such as manganese, phosphorus, and B vitamins, and are a good source of healthy fats and protein. The most notable chemical in black walnuts is juglone, a polyphenol with potential health benefits. Black walnut has been used in traditional medicine for its antiparasitic and anti-inflammatory properties (PMID: 20381738). A peculiar mode of preparation involves hulling the nuts by hand or using a mechanical huller to remove the outer shell, revealing the edible kernel inside. | ||||||||||
| Primary ID | FOOD00093 | ||||||||||
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| Group | Nuts | ||||||||||
| Sub-Group | Nuts | ||||||||||
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| Superkingdom | Eukaryota | ||||||||||
| Kingdom | Viridiplantae | ||||||||||
| Phylum | Streptophyta | ||||||||||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | ||||||||||
| Order | Fagales | ||||||||||
| Family | Juglandaceae | ||||||||||
| Genus | Juglans | ||||||||||
| Species | nigra | ||||||||||
| Variety | Not Available | ||||||||||
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| ITIS ID | 19254 | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia ID | Black_walnut | ||||||||||
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| Content Reference | — Duke, James. 'Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. United States Department of Agriculture.' Agricultural Research Service, Accessed April 27 (2004). — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page. — Shinbo, Y., et al. 'KNApSAcK: a comprehensive species-metabolite relationship database.' Plant Metabolomics. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006. 165-181. — Saxholt, E., et al. 'Danish food composition databank, revision 7.' Department of Nutrition, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark (2008). | ||||||||||