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

Plant Brassica napus var. napobrassica (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Rutabaga, Swede, Swedish Turnip
How this plant is used
Food
Variety
napobrassica
Variety Author
(L.) REICHB.

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALANINE 3 Root 330.0 3190.0 -0.12 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALLANTOIC-ACID 0 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALLANTOIN 12 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALUMINUM 5 Root 0.3 1.0 -0.31 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
ARGININE 14 Root 1480.0 14310.0 0.18 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARSENIC 2 Root 0.0 -0.21 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 250.0 2415.0 0.73 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASH 0 Root 5700.0 90000.0 0.64 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Root 870.0 8410.0 -0.20 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 0.0 -0.44 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BORON 4 Leaf 52.0 -0.25 *
BORON 4 Root 2.5 30.0 0.22 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
BORON 4 Stem 24.0 -0.53 *
BRASSICASTEROL 0 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
BRASSINOLIDE 3 Pollen Or Spore Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
BROMINE 0 Root 1.0 -1.10 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
CADMIUM 3 Root 0.0 0.1 -0.76 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
CALCIUM 28 Root 270.0 6040.0 -0.15 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Seed Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 81300.0 786171.0 -0.56 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
Acarifuge 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Allergenic 4 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 5 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 2 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *
Anorexic 2 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacid 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 7 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 (View) *
AntiADD 1 (View) Martindale's 29th