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Plant Beta vulgaris (Chenopodiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Beet, Beetroot, Garden Beet, Sugar Beet
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 2''-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSYLISOVITEXIN Leaf -- 30.0 -- *
0 2''-O-BETA-D-XYLOSYLISOVITEXIN Leaf -- 200.0 -- *
0 3-HYDROXYTYRAMINE Root -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
0 3-O-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRAMOSYL-(1-6)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-ISORHAMNETIN Leaf -- 60.0 -- *
0 ACETAMIDE Root -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
1 ACONITIC-ACID Plant -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
11 ADENINE Root -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
3 ADIPIC-ACID Root -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
3 ALANINE Root 560.0 4338.0 0.44 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
12 ALLANTOIN Root -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
15 ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID Leaf 316.0 3160.0 -0.71 *
15 ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID Root 40.0 315.0 -0.62 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
0 ALPHA-SPINASTERYLGLUCOSIDE Root -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
32 ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL Leaf 321.0 439.0 0.36 Jim Duke's personal files.*
32 ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL Root 0.5 3.6 -1.18 *
5 ALUMINUM Root 1.0 420.0 -0.09 *
14 ARGININE Root 380.0 2997.0 -0.39 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
2 ARSENIC Root 0.0 0.1 -0.20 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Root 50.0 868.0 -0.15 *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Leaf 120.0 3696.0 -0.10 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.