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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
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Root 2.0 15.0 -0.36 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHENYLALANINE 7 Root 310.0 3000.0 0.10 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS 4 Root 290.0 7250.0 0.66 *
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Root 0.0 1.00 *
POTASSIUM 14 Root 2200.0 43850.0 2.06 *
PROTEIN 0 Root 12000.0 116040.0 -0.03 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PUFA 4 Root 880.0 8800.0 1.50 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Root 0.4 4.0 -0.02 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
RUBIDIUM 0 Root 1.0 10.0 -0.41 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
SALICYLATES 7 Root 0.0 -0.70 *
SELENIUM 60 Leaf 0.0 -0.38 *
SELENIUM 60 Root 0.0 -0.36 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
SELENIUM 60 Stem 0.0 -0.43 *
SERINE 1 Root 350.0 3385.0 0.01 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SFA 0 Root 270.0 2700.0 -0.09 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SILICON 4 Root 1.0 30.0 -0.21 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
SODIUM 1 Root 200.0 1930.0 0.39 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIC-ACID 8 Root 30.0 290.0 -0.19 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SULFUR 14 Root 350.0 5000.0 0.67 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
THIAMIN 31 Root 1.0 9.0 0.21 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiseptic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisickling 2 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antisilicotic 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antispare-Tire 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
Antispasmodic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiSpina-Bifida 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistomatitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antistress 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 2 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
Antisyndrome-X 6 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
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitumor 4 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 *
Antitumor (brain) 1 *
Antitumor (Breast) 3 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 *