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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antifibrosarcomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigallstone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastric | 1 | Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85. |
| Antigastritic | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigenotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiglossitic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiglycosuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotropic | 3 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antigout | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigranular | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigranulocytopenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigrey | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| AntiGTF | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |