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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CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | 700.0 | 17368.0 | -0.07 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
CALCIUM | 28 | Root | 120.0 | 4200.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | 36000.0 | 609000.0 | -0.02 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Root | 95000.0 | 794000.0 | -0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | 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. |
CHROMIUM | 24 | Root | 0.0 | 0.3 | -0.49 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
CITRIC-ACID | 23 | 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. |
COBALT | 2 | Root | 0.0 | 0.4 | -0.54 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
CONIFERIN | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
CONIFERIN | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
CONIFERIN | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
COPPER | 12 | Root | 0.6 | 17.0 | 0.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
CYSTINE | 2 | Root | 180.0 | 1420.0 | 1.18 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
D-ALPHA-OXYGLUTARIC-ACID | 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. |
D-RIBULOSE | 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. |
DAUCIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
DIHYDROCAFFEIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | 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. |
DIOXYMALONIC-ACID | 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. |
FARNESOL | 17 | Essential Oil | 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. |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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AntiAGE | 2 | 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 |
Antiaggregant | 9 | Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp. |
Antiaging | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiakathisic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Antialcoholic | 4 | Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications. |
Antialdosteronic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Antialkali? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Antialkalotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Antiallergic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antialopecic | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antialzheimeran | 6 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Antiamblyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antianaphylactic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
Antiandrogenic | 4 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
Antianemic | 6 | Martindale's 28th |
Antianginal | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Antiangiogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antianorectic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antianorexic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Antianxiety | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |