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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
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
Counterirritant 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 4 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 3 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytoprotective 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic 4 Matsukawa, Y., et al. The Effect of Quercetin and Other Flavonoids on Cell Cycle Progresssion and Growth of Human Gastric Cancer Cells. Planta Medica, 56(6): 677, 1990.
Decongestant 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent 1 *
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Depressant 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermatitigenic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Detoxicant 2 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diaphoretic? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 *
Diuretic 9 *
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 1 *