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

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.
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitriglyceride	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrypanosomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitubercular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	14	Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Bladder)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Forestomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	4	Duke, 1992 *