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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Beta vulgaris (Chenopodiaceae)

Common Names
Beet; Beetroot; Sugar Beet; Garden Beet
How this plant is used
Food
Subspecies
subsp. vulgaris

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
SEDOHEPTULOSE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SELENIUM 60 Root 0.0 -0.36 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
SERINE 1 Root 540.0 4259.0 0.50 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SFA 0 Root 220.0 1735.0 -0.46 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SILICON 4 Root 1.0 83.0 0.04 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
SKATOLE 0 Root Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
SODIUM 1 Leaf 1300.0 16571.0 2.30 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SODIUM 1 Root 590.0 6705.0 2.61 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIC-ACID 8 Root 10.0 79.0 -0.70 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STRONTIUM 0 Root 16.0 70.0 -1.00 *
SUCROSE 14 Root 270000.0 1.48 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SULFUR 14 Root 130.0 2000.0 -0.21 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 0.6 14.0 1.19 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THIAMIN 31 Root 0.1 2.4 -0.38 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THREONINE 4 Root 440.0 3470.0 -0.07 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TIN 4 Root 0.8 2.8 -1.39 *
TITANIUM 0 Root 0.5 9.8 -1.00 *
TRICARBALLYL-ACID 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 *
Abortifacient 1 *
Acaricide 1 *
Acarifuge 1 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
Acidifier 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant 2 Martindale's 28th
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 8 *
Allelochemic 3 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.
Allelopathic 4 Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 11 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *