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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Brassica napus var. napobrassica (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Rutabaga; Swede; Swedish Turnip
How this plant is used
Food
Variety
napobrassica
Variety Author
(L.) REICHB.

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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
THREONINE 4 Root 460.0 4445.0 0.22 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Root 130.0 1255.0 1.34 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE 8 Root 230.0 2225.0 0.35 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VALINE 3 Root 480.0 4640.0 0.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VIT-B-6 0 Root 1.0 10.0 0.12 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER 0 Root 891260.0 901940.0 0.87 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ZINC 77 Root 1.7 33.0 0.39 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiprostaglandin 1 *
Antiprostatitic 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antipruritic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac 2 Martindale's 28th
Antipsychotic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antipyretic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 *
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinopathic 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
Antiretinotic 1 *
Antirheumatic 6 Martindale's 29th
Antirheumatitic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antirhinitic 1 *
Antiscoliotic 1 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 *
Antiseborrheic 1 Martindale's 29th