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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
HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID 0 Seed 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 *
ISOPROPYLISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Plant 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 *
KAEMPFEROL-3,7-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
KAEMPFEROL-3-FERULOYL-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Leaf *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Leaf *
KAEMPFEROL-3-SINAPOYL-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Leaf *
KAEMPFEROL-3-SOPHOROSIDE-7-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
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 480.0 -0.41 *
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 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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 2 *
Cytoprotective 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Decongestant 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Demulcent 1 *
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Dermatitigenic 1 *
Detoxicant 1 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diaphoretic 1 *
Diaphoretic? 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Diuretic 9 *
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 1 *
Embryotoxic 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Emetic 1 Martindale's 29th
Ergogenic 1 *
Essential 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Expectorant 1 *