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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L-AZETIDINE-2-CARBOXYLIC-ACID | 1 | 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. |
| LEAD | 0 | Root | 0.0 | 3.5 | 0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Root | 630.0 | 4968.0 | 0.36 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Root | 460.0 | 3628.0 | 0.19 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LITHIUM | 11 | Root | 0.4 | 0.6 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LYSINE | 4 | Root | 530.0 | 4180.0 | 0.41 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Root | 130.0 | 4200.0 | 0.87 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MALONIC-ACID | 1 | 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. |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Root | 3.0 | 90.0 | 0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MELILOTIC-ACID | 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. |
| MERCURY | 1 | Root | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.45 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Root | 170.0 | 1341.0 | 0.45 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MOLYBDENUM | 2 | Root | not available | 0.1 | -0.46 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| MUFA | 13 | Root | 270.0 | 2219.0 | -0.04 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| NEOBETANIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| NEOBETANIN | 0 | Root | not available | 20.0 | not available | Alard, d., Wray, V., Grotjahn, L., Reznik, H., Strack, D. 1985. Neobetanin: Isolation and Identification from Beta vulgaris. Phytochemisty, 24(10): 2383-2385. |
| NIACIN | 39 | Leaf | 4.0 | 68.0 | -0.36 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| NIACIN | 39 | Root | 2.0 | 32.0 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICKEL | 3 | Root | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NITROGEN | 0 | Root | 2600.0 | 35830.0 | 0.97 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Aromatase-Inhibitor | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999. |
| Artemicide | 1 | Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990. |
| Arteriodilator | 1 | Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990. |
| Ascaricide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Asthma-preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Astringent | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Atherogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| ATPase-Inhibitor | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Autotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bacteristat | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Blocker | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bradycardiac | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Bronchoprotectant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bruchiphobe | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Calcium-Antagonist | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calcium-Channel-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calmodulin-Antagonist | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |