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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
LIMONENE 60 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LIPASE 0 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 1624.0 9020.0 3.44 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 1.5 8.2 -0.45 *
MERCURY 1 Root 0.0 -0.51 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
METHYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Root Wealth of India.
MOLYBDENUM 2 Root 0.1 -0.46 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
MYROSIN 0 Root ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MYROSINASE 0 Root *
NIACIN 39 Root 16.0 90.0 1.15 *
NICKEL 3 Root 0.2 1.2 -0.50 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
NITROGEN 0 Root 8600.0 38461.0 1.30 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Root 14.0 *
PECTIN 24 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PEROXIDASE 0 Root *
PEROXIDASES 0 Root 350.0 1400.0 *
PHENYLETHYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Root 292.0 540.0 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
PHENYLPROPYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 1 Root Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
PHOSPHATASE 0 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Root 1278.0 7100.0 0.63 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitriglyceride 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrypanosomic 1 *
Antitumor 9 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 *
Antitumor (brain) 1 *
Antitumor (Breast) 5 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 4 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 *
Antitumor (Lung) 5 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 1 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 1 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 4 *
Antitumor (Skin) 2 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 2 *
Antitumor-Promoter 5 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 1 *
Antiulcer 8 *