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Plant Brassica rapa (Brassicaceae)

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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-CYSTEINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-S-METHYL-L-CYSTEINE-SULFOXIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4ALPHA,7ALPHA,24-TRIMETHYL-5ALPHA-CHOLESTA-8,24-DIEN-3BETA-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Root 350.0 4305.0 0.42 Duke, 1992 *
ALLANTOIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLANTOIN 12 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Root 2.0 10.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Root 240.0 2950.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 210.0 2580.0 0.83 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Root 7000.0 86000.0 0.53 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Root 630.0 7750.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf 90.0 900.0 -0.59 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root 50.0 500.0 -0.26 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BORON 4 Root 2.0 20.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
BRASSICASTEROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM 3 Root 0.0 0.1 -0.76 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 300.0 3690.0 -0.41 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
Nematicide 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Nephrotoxic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter 1 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Ovulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Parasiticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Percutaneostimulant 2 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 3 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide 10 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *