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Common Names
Black Mustard
How this plant is used
Food
| 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antivitiligic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antixerophthalmic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anxiolytic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aphrodisiac | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apoptotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Arteriodilator | 1 | Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990. |
| Ascaricide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Asthma-preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Astringent | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Autotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Blocker | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calcium-Antagonist | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calcium-Channel-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cancer-Preventive | 22 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Candidicide | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Capillarigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Carcinogenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiac | 1 | Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990. |