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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Brassica rapa (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Turnip, Seven-Top Turnip, Rapini
How this plant is used
Food
Subspecies
subsp. rapa
Variety
rapa

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-CYSTEINE 0 Root *
(+)-S-METHYL-L-CYSTEINE-SULFOXIDE 0 Root *
4ALPHA,7ALPHA,24-TRIMETHYL-5ALPHA-CHOLESTA-8,24-DIEN-3BETA-OL 0 Plant *
ALANINE 3 Root 350.0 4305.0 0.42 *
ALLANTOIC-ACID 0 Root *
ALLANTOIN 12 Root *
ALUMINUM 5 Root 2.0 10.0 -0.31 *
ARGININE 14 Root 240.0 2950.0 -0.39 *
ARSENIC 2 Root *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 210.0 2580.0 0.83 *
ASH 0 Root 7000.0 86000.0 0.53 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Root 630.0 7750.0 -0.29 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf 90.0 900.0 -0.59 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root 50.0 500.0 -0.26 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BORON 4 Root 2.0 20.0 -0.15 *
BRASSICASTEROL 0 Plant *
BROMINE 0 Root *
CADMIUM 3 Root 0.0 0.1 -0.76 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 300.0 3690.0 -0.41 *
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