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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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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 *
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
Colorant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic 1 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 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
Cosmetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 *
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Depressant 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermatitigenic 2 *
Detoxicant 1 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diuretic 6 *
Emetic 1 Martindale's 29th
Encephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Energizer 1 *
Ergogenic 1 *
Erythrocytogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Essential 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.