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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
Myorelaxant 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Natriuretic 1 *
Nematicide 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Nematiovistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neoplastic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NEP-Inhibitor 1 *
Nephrotoxic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neuroprotective 3 *
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 3 *
NO-Genic 2 *
NO-Inhibitor 2 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 5 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Ovulant 1 *
Ozone-Scavenger 1 *
P450-Inducer 2 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.