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

Common Names

Turnip; Seven-Top Turnip; Rapini

How this plant is used

Food

Subspecies

subsp. rapa

Variety

rapa

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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
CAMPESTEROL	2	Leaf	20.0	200.0	0.27	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CAMPESTEROL	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Root	10.0	100.0	-0.29	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Root	62300.0	766290.0	-0.82	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Root	0.0	0.1	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Root	0.4	4.0	-0.85	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Root	50.0	615.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Root	1000.0	12300.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Root	9000.0	110700.0	0.50	Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN	15	Root	0.1	2.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Root	1300.0	15990.0	0.07	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Root	250.0	3075.0	0.22	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Root	140.0	1720.0	-0.07	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Root	2.0	37.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Root	360.0	4425.0	0.50	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Root	270.0	3321.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
LEAD	0	Root	0.0	0.2	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Root	330.0	4060.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Antinitrosic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antionychyotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant	15	Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antioxidant?	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipapillomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric	3	Martindale's 28th
Antipeptic	1	25 Dispensatory
Antiperiodontitic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiphenylketonuric	2	Martindale's 29th