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Plant Beta vulgaris (Chenopodiaceae)

Common Names
Beet; Beetroot; Sugar Beet; Garden Beet
How this plant is used
Food
Subspecies
subsp. vulgaris
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
2''-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSYLISOVITEXIN 0 Leaf not available 30.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2''-O-BETA-D-XYLOSYLISOVITEXIN 0 Leaf not available 200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-HYDROXYTYRAMINE 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.
3-O-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRAMOSYL-(1-6)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-ISORHAMNETIN 0 Leaf not available 60.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETAMIDE 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.
ACONITIC-ACID 1 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.
ADENINE 11 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.
ADIPIC-ACID 3 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.
ALANINE 3 Root 560.0 4338.0 0.44 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALLANTOIN 12 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.
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Leaf 316.0 3160.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Root 40.0 315.0 -0.62 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-SPINASTERYLGLUCOSIDE 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.
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Leaf 321.0 439.0 0.36 Jim Duke's personal files.*
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Root 0.5 3.6 -1.18 Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Root 1.0 420.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Root 380.0 2997.0 -0.39 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARSENIC 2 Root 0.0 0.1 -0.20 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 120.0 3696.0 -0.10 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 50.0 868.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiprostatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac 4 Martindale's 28th
Antipsychotic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antipyretic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 14 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinopathic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiretinotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatitic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antischizophrenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiscoliotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 3 Duke, 1992 *