Plant Brassica nigra (Brassicaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Black Mustard

How this plant is used

Food

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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
HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOPROPYLISOTHIOCYANATE	0	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.
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3,7-DIGLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-FERULOYL-SOPHOROSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-SOPHOROSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-SINAPOYL-SOPHOROSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-SOPHOROSIDE-7-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
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	not available	480.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
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	not available	not available	not available	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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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
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antimanic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastalgic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's	1	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimenorrhagic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic	2	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antimigraine	5	Martindale's 29th
Antimitotic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.