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Common Names
Rutabaga; Swede; Swedish Turnip
How this plant is used
Food
Variety
napobrassica
Variety Author
(L.) REICHB.
| 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) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Hypotensive | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 7 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Immunostimulant | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunosuppressant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Insectifuge | 4 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Insulin-Sparing | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Insulinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157. |
| Insulinogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insulinotonic | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Interferon-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interferonogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Irritant | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Juvabional | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Keratolytic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Laxative | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Leptingenic | 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 |
| Lipotropic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Lithogenic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Litholytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |