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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Armoracia rusticana (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Horseradish
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Root 910.0 0.01 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
POTASSIUM 14 Root 5400.0 30000.0 1.04 *
PROTEASE 0 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 21000.0 28000.0 -1.83 Wealth of India.
PROTEIN 0 Root 45000.0 250000.0 1.48 *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf Abstract (See species file)
RAPHANIN 3 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Root 4.0 20.0 3.49 *
RUBIDIUM 0 Root 0.9 4.6 -1.15 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
RUTOSIDE 4 Leaf *
SALICYLATES 7 Root 1.0 2.0 -0.69 *
SELENIUM 60 Root *
SILICON 4 Root 0.4 2.0 -0.33 *
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Plant *
SINAPIN 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SINIGRIN 7 Root 3000.0 *
SODIUM 1 Root 216.0 1200.0 0.05 *
STARCH 5 Root 39600.0 220000.0 -0.40 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Root 0.0 -0.81 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
SUGAR 0 Root 73000.0 0.27 Wealth of India.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antineuropathic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiNF-kB 1 *
Antinitrosaminic 2 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic 1 *
Antiobesity 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antionychyotic 1 *
Antiophidic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 9 *
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant 16 *
Antioxidant? 1 *
Antiozenic 1 *
Antipancreatitic 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipapillomic 1 *
Antiparkinsonian 3 *