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Plant Brassica rapa (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Sarson
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
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Oil not available 189.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Seed not available 2.8 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Seed not available 0.6 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Seed 5.0 6.0 -0.80 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL 14 Oil not available 486.0 0.44 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Seed not available 93.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Seed not available 20.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Seed 1.0 2.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Seed not available 15.0 -0.86 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidysgeuzic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antieczemic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiencephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiepileptic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antifatigue 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiglycosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiimpotence 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfarctal 1 Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinsomniac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiischemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric 1 Martindale's 29th