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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.
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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
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 Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Root not available 0.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Root 2200.0 43850.0 2.06 Duke, 1992 *
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 not available 0.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Leaf not available 0.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Root not available 0.0 -0.36 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
SELENIUM 60 Stem not available 0.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Emetic 1 Martindale's 29th
Encephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Energizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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.