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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
MUCILAGE 3 Seed 200000.0 0.02 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MYROSIN 0 Seed 6800.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
NIACIN 39 Leaf 3.0 47.9 -0.60 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NONACOSANE 2 Leaf Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Leaf 200.0 2945.0 -0.25 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Leaf 60.0 884.0 -0.37 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Leaf 10.0 147.0 -0.48 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Leaf 0.2 2.8 -0.93 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHENYLALANINE 7 Leaf 660.0 9720.0 -0.14 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHENYLETHYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Seed *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 290.0 4563.0 -0.08 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Flower 0.6 3.4 *
POPULNIN 0 Leaf *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 1485.0 28215.0 -0.09 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROGOITRIN 1 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 23650.0 385190.0 1.73 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
QUERCETIN-3,7-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
QUERCETIN-3-ALPHA-L-(2-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANISIDO-ARABO-PYRANOSIDE) 0 Seed 114.0 *
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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.