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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
LEAD 0 Root 0.0 0.3 -0.62 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
LEUCINE 2 Root 380.0 3675.0 -0.39 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Root 350.0 3385.0 0.10 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Root 530.0 5125.0 1.11 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LYCOPENE 16 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LYSINE 4 Root 390.0 3770.0 0.03 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 110.0 2610.0 0.03 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 1.3 17.0 -0.34 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
MERCURY 1 Root 0.0 0.0 -0.48 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
METHIONINE 15 Root 100.0 965.0 -0.20 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MOLYBDENUM 2 Leaf 0.7 -0.76 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Root 0.1 -0.46 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
MOLYBDENUM 2 Stem 0.3 -0.68 *
MUFA 13 Root 250.0 2500.0 0.07 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NEOGLUCOBRASSICIN 1 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NIACIN 39 Root 7.0 68.0 0.51 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NICKEL 3 Root 0.0 1.0 -0.61 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
NITROGEN 0 Root 1500.0 25000.0 -0.38 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
OLEIC-ACID 18 Root 250.0 2415.0 0.13 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Root 240.0 2320.0 -0.29 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Percutaneostimulant 2 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 3 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide 10 *
Phagocytotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phytohormonal 1 Russell, G. B., Phytochemical resources for crop protection, N. Z. J. Technol., 2, 1986, 127-134.
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 *
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 *
Prolactinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Prooxidant 3 *
Propecic 4 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer 1 Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 3 Tawfig,N. Heaney,R.K.,Plumb,J.A.,Fenwick,G.R.,Musk,S.R.R.,Williamson,G.1995. Dietary Glucosinolates as Blocking Agents Against Carcinogenesis: Glucosinolate Breakdown Products Assessed Induction of Quinone Reductase Activity I.Carcinogenesis 16(5)119-1194
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Scabicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Serotoninergic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.