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Plant Brassica napus var. napobrassica (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Rutabaga; Swede; Swedish Turnip
How this plant is used
Food
Variety
napobrassica
Variety Author
(L.) REICHB.
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CHROMIUM 24 Root 0.0 0.1 -0.54 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
COBALT 2 Root 0.0 0.1 -0.54 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
COPPER 12 Root 0.2 4.0 -0.85 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
CYSTINE 2 Root 110.0 1065.0 0.41 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FAT 0 Root 2000.0 19340.0 -0.12 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FIBER 15 Root 11000.0 106370.0 0.41 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FLUORINE 0 Root not available 0.1 -0.81 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
FOLACIN 15 Root 0.2 2.0 -0.53 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLUCOBERTEROIN 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.
GLUCOBRASSICANAPIN 1 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.
GLUCOBRASSICIN 1 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.
GLUCOERYSOLIN 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.
GLUCONAPOLEIFERIN 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.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Root 1420.0 13730.0 -0.13 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCINE 12 Root 270.0 2610.0 -0.13 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HEXADECATRIEN-(7,10,13)-ACID-1 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.
HISTIDINE 7 Root 300.0 2900.0 1.08 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
IRON 6 Root 2.0 62.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Root 500.0 4835.0 0.71 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
KILOCALORIES 0 Root 360.0 3600.0 0.51 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 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
Allergenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 2 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacid 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th