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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
2-BUTYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
3-(METHYLTHIO)-PROPYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Root Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
3-BENZYLISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Root Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
3-BUTENYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 1 Root Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
3-O-(2-O-(BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSYL)-BETA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSYL)-FLAVONE 0 Leaf 6.0 20.0 *
3-O-(2-O-(BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSYL)-BETA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSYL)-QUERCETIN 0 Leaf 1.0 4.0 *
3-O-(BETA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSYL)-KAEMPFEROL 0 Leaf *
3-O-(BETA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSYL)-QUERCETIN 0 Leaf *
3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-BETA-D-KAEMPFEROL-XYLOSIDE 0 Leaf Abstract (See species file)
3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-BETA-D-QUERCETIN-XYLOSIDE 0 Leaf Abstract (See species file)
3-O-BETA-D-KAEMPFEROL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf Abstract (See species file)
3-O-BETA-D-QUERCETIN-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf Abstract (See species file)
4-PENTENYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 1 Root Wealth of India.
AESCULETIN 32 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.
ALLOXURBASEN 0 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALLYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 16 Root 400.0 2592.0 *
ALLYL-SULFIDE 7 Root Wealth of India.
ALUMINUM 5 Root 4.0 30.0 -0.30 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
AMYLASE 1 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ARGININE 14 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Immunostimulant 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant 4 *
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 *
Inotropic 2 *
Insecticide 1 *
Insectifuge 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulin-Sparing 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Insulinogenic 4 *
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 1 *
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 1 *
JNK-Inhibitor 1 *
Juvabional 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Keratolytic 1 Martindale's 29th
Larvicide 1 *
Larvistat 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative 6 *