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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
THREONINE 4 Root 460.0 4445.0 0.22 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Root 130.0 1255.0 1.34 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE 8 Root 230.0 2225.0 0.35 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VALINE 3 Root 480.0 4640.0 0.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VIT-B-6 0 Root 1.0 10.0 0.12 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER 0 Root 891260.0 901940.0 0.87 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ZINC 77 Root 1.7 33.0 0.39 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiglossitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglycosuric 1 *
Antigout 1 *
Antigranular 1 *
Antigrey 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihangover 4 *
Antiheartburn 1 *
Antihemorrhagic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 3 *
Antiherpetic? 1 *
Antihistaminic 3 *
AntiHIV 2 *
Antihomocystinuric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 *