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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
Antiseptic 12 Martindale's 28th
AntiSeptic-Shock 1 *
Antiserotonin 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisickling 5 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antisilicotic 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antispare-Tire 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
Antispasmodic 10 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 73.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiSpina-Bifida 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistaphylococcic 2 *
Antistomatitic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic 1 *
Antistress 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 3 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
Antisunburn 2 *
Antisyndrome-X 6 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
Antithiamin 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 2 *
Antithyroid 2 Jim Duke's personal files.