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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antigingivitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antigonadotropic | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antigranular | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihangover | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiheartburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemolytic | 2 | Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994. |
| Antihemorrhagic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihepatitic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihepatoadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihepatotoxic | 7 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiherpetic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihistaminic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antihomocystinuric | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihyperactivity | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antihypercholesterolemic | 4 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |