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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
QUERCETIN-3-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-SOPHOROSIDE-7-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCIMERITRIN 6 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 0.6 9.7 -0.13 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
S-METHYL-CYSTEINE-SULFOXIDE 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
SINAPIN 0 Seed not available 10000.0 not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
SINAPINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SINIGRIN 7 Seed 10000.0 12000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Leaf 274.0 4506.0 0.15 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIC-ACID 8 Leaf 20.0 294.0 -0.43 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 0.4 7.7 -0.13 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THREONINE 4 Leaf 660.0 9720.0 -0.02 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Leaf 270.0 3976.0 0.99 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE 8 Leaf 1320.0 19440.0 3.17 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VALINE 3 Leaf 970.0 14286.0 0.45 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
WATER 0 Leaf 930030.0 933900.0 0.63 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER 0 Seed not available 76000.0 -0.58 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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List of plant activities.
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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.