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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hypocholesterolemic | 10 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypolipidemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 11 | Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp. |
| Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 5 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Immunostimulant | 10 | Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp. |
| Immunosuppressant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insecticide | 1 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
| Insectifuge | 6 | Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994. |
| Insectiphile | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Insulinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157. |
| Insulinogenic | 2 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Insulinotonic | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Interferon-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interferonogenic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Irritant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Juvabional | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Larvicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Larvistat | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |