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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Brassica nigra (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Black Mustard
How this plant is used
Food
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL 0 Pollen Or Spore *
2-BUTYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf *
2-METHYL-BUTYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf *
2-PHENYLETHYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Seed *
2-PHENYLETHYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 4 Seed Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
3,7-DIGLUCOSIDE-ISORHAMNETIN 0 Leaf *
3-METHYLTHIOPROPYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Seed *
3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-ISORHAMNETIN 0 Leaf *
3-SOPHOROSIDE-7-GLUCOSIDE-ISORHAMNETIN 0 Leaf *
3-SOPHOROSIDE-ISORHAMNETIN 0 Leaf *
ALLYL-CYANIDE 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALLYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 16 Seed 6510.0 11760.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ALLYL-RHODANIDE 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALLYL-THIOCYANATE 0 Seed *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Leaf 240.0 3535.0 -0.64 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARGININE 14 Leaf 1810.0 26657.0 0.51 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 234.0 4013.0 -0.07 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASH 0 Leaf 5830.0 99722.0 -0.34 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASH 0 Seed 50000.0 54112.0 0.19 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASTRAGALIN 7 Leaf *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 8 *
Allelochemic 1 *
Allelopathic 3 Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 7 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Analgesic 7 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 1 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 *
Anthelmintic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacne 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 *
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.