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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
ARSENIC 2 Root 0.0 0.0 -0.21 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 2440.0 4560.0 -0.02 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant 1220.0 18200.0 3.68 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 1800.0 10000.0 5.07 *
ASH 0 Plant 200000.0 1.43 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ASH 0 Root 10620.0 59000.0 -0.24 *
ASPARAGINE 2 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 27.0 150.0 0.52 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root 710.0 -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.)
BIOSIDE 0 Leaf Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
BORON 4 Root 6.0 27.0 0.11 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
BROMINE 0 Root 5.0 19.0 1.32 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
BUTYLISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Plant 188.0 2867.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CADMIUM 3 Root 0.1 0.5 -0.36 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
CALCIUM 28 Root 1800.0 10000.0 0.28 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Root 200.0 1.28 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 155000.0 783000.0 -0.60 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CHLORINE 7 Root 185.0 745.0 0.36 Wealth of India.
CHROMIUM 24 Root 0.6 3.5 0.14 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 4 *
Antiprostaglandin 2 *
Antiprostanoid 1 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 3 *
Antiprostatotic 1 *
Antipsoriac 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipyretic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 9 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 *
Antirenitic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antiretinopathic 1 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
Antiretinotic 1 *
Antirheumatic 6 Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Antirhinitic 1 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 *
Antiseborrheic 1 Martindale's 29th