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Plant Brassica nigra (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Black Mustard
How this plant is used
Food
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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
HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
IRON 6 Leaf 12.0 209.0 -0.39 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOLEUCINE 3 Leaf 910.0 13402.0 0.34 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOPROPYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOPROPYLISOTHIOCYANATE 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.
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3,7-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-FERULOYL-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-SINAPOYL-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-SOPHOROSIDE-7-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf 200.0 2946.0 -0.12 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEUCINE 2 Leaf 760.0 11192.0 -0.82 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Leaf 270.0 3976.0 -0.71 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available 480.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Leaf 1130.0 16642.0 0.86 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 132.0 2471.0 -0.64 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 3.0 53.0 -0.37 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MESOINOSITOL-HEXAPHOSPHORIC-ACID-ESTER 0 Seed 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.
METHIONINE 15 Leaf 230.0 3387.0 0.25 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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.