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Plant Brassica nigra (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Black Mustard
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
MUCILAGE 3 Seed not available 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 not available 6800.0 not available 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 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.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Leaf 200.0 2945.0 -0.25 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Seed not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 290.0 4563.0 -0.08 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Flower 0.6 3.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
POPULNIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 1485.0 28215.0 -0.09 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROGOITRIN 1 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.
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 23650.0 385190.0 1.73 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
QUERCETIN-3,7-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-ALPHA-L-(2-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANISIDO-ARABO-PYRANOSIDE) 0 Seed not available 114.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antiosteoarthritic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant 16 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant? 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipapillomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric 3 Martindale's 28th
Antiperiodontitic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperoxidant 5 Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antiperoxynitrite 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiphenylketonuric 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiphotophobic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiPMS 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.