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

Common Names

Horseradish

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Plant	1220.0	18200.0	3.68	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Root	1800.0	10000.0	5.07	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Plant	not available	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	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	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	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Root	not available	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	not available	not available	not available	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	not available	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	not available	not available	not available	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	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Root	not available	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	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiamblyopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	1	Meli, R., Autore, G., Di Carlo, G., Capasso, F. Inhibitory Action of Quercetin on Intestinal Transit in Mice. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 201, 1990.
Antiandrogenic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarthritic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatheromic	1	Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	16	Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.