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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 | not available | 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEASE | 0 | 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. |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Leaf | 21000.0 | 28000.0 | -1.83 | Wealth of India. |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Root | 45000.0 | 250000.0 | 1.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Abstract (See species file) |
| RAPHANIN | 3 | Plant | 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. |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Root | 4.0 | 20.0 | 3.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUBIDIUM | 0 | Root | 0.9 | 4.6 | -1.15 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| RUTOSIDE | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Root | 1.0 | 2.0 | -0.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILICON | 4 | Root | 0.4 | 2.0 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SINAPIC-ACID | 9 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SINAPIN | 0 | Seed | 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. |
| SINIGRIN | 7 | Root | not available | 3000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Root | 216.0 | 1200.0 | 0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STARCH | 5 | Root | 39600.0 | 220000.0 | -0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Root | not available | 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 | not available | 73000.0 | 0.27 | Wealth of India. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Embryotoxic | 2 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Emollient | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Encephalopathic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Energizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Enterocontractant | 1 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Erythrocytogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Estrogenic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Expectorant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| FLavor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fungicide | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fungiphilic | 1 | J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283. |
| Fungistat | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| GST-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |