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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
FARNESOL 17 Root Essent. Oil *
FAT 0 Leaf 2000.0 58000.0 0.03 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FAT 0 Root 1000.0 16000.0 -0.23 *
FAT 0 Seed 28000.0 70000.0 -1.03 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
FERULIC-ACID 61 Leaf *
FIBER 15 Leaf 4000.0 279000.0 1.45 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER 15 Root 8000.0 90000.0 0.04 *
FOLACIN 15 Root 0.8 8.0 1.88 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FORMALDEHYDE 12 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GABA 22 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GALACTOSE 1 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GALACTOSE 1 Root *
GLUCOSE 7 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Root 3930.0 30994.0 1.34 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLUTARIC-ACID 0 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GLYCINE 12 Root 290.0 2287.0 -0.38 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCOCEREBROSIDE 0 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GLYOXALIC-ACID 0 Sprout Seedling USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYOXYLIC-ACID 1 Root Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
GUANINE 1 Root 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
Antiaphthic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 4 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 3 *
Antiarthritic 14 *
Antiasthmatic 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic 1 *
Antiatherosclerotic 9 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 13 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiberiberi 1 *
AntiBPH 1 *
Anticalculic 1 *
Anticancer 6 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 *
Anticancer (Colon) 2 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer (Forestomach) 2 *
Anticancer (Liver) 2 *