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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Root | 170.0 | 1341.0 | 1.62 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Root | 350.0 | 2760.0 | 1.21 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| VALINE | 3 | Root | 520.0 | 4100.0 | 0.02 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| VANILLIC-ACID | 24 | 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. |
| VANILLIN | 28 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VIT-B-6 | 0 | Root | 0.5 | 3.6 | -1.76 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| VULGAXANTHIN-I | 0 | 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. |
| VULGAXANTHIN-II | 0 | 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. |
| WATER | 0 | Leaf | 864000.0 | 926000.0 | 0.59 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| WATER | 0 | Root | 865000.0 | 881340.0 | 0.73 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| XYLOSE | 3 | 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. |
| ZINC | 77 | Root | 3.0 | 70.0 | 2.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZIRCONIUM | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Cytotoxic | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Deiodinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Deliriant | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Demulcent | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Depressant | 1 | Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp. |
| Dermatitigenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant (Alcohol) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diagnostic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Diaphoretic? | 3 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90. |
| Differentiator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Disinfectant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Diuretic | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DNA-Active | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| DNA-Protective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dye | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Emetic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Emmenagogue | 1 | Wealth of India. |
| Encephalopathic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |