Common Names
Beet; Beetroot; Sugar Beet; Garden Beet
How this plant is used
Food
Subspecies
subsp. vulgaris
Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
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PREBETANIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
PROLINE | 0 | Root | 380.0 | 2997.0 | 0.70 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
PROTEIN | 0 | Leaf | 16000.0 | 270000.0 | 0.58 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
PROTEIN | 0 | Root | 12850.0 | 143000.0 | 0.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 110000.0 | 150000.0 | -0.75 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
PROTOPORPHYRIN | 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. |
PUFA | 4 | Root | 500.0 | 3943.0 | -0.48 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
QUERCETIN | 176 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
QUERCETIN-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | 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. |
QUINIC-ACID | 1 | Leaf | 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. |
RAFFINOSE | 1 | 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. |
RAPHANOL | 0 | 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. |
RAPHANOL | 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. |
RAPHANOL | 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. |
RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Leaf | 1.7 | 26.0 | -0.06 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Root | 0.2 | 3.9 | -0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
RUBIDIUM | 0 | Root | 0.8 | 32.0 | 2.60 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
SALICYLATES | 7 | Root | 2.0 | 15.0 | -0.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
SALICYLIC-ACID | 34 | 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. |
SAPONINS | 5 | Root | not available | 58000.0 | 0.11 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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Antiosteoarthritic | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Antiosteoporotic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiototic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antioxidant | 27 | Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978. |
Antioxidant Synergist | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
Antioxidant? | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiozenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antipancreatitic | 1 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
Antipapillomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiparkinsonian | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiparotitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antipellagric | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
Antipeptic | 1 | 25 Dispensatory |
Antiperiodic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiperiodontal | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Antiperiodontic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiperiodontitic | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Antiperistaltic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antipermeability | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiperoxidant | 7 | Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991. |