Plant Raphanus sativus (Brassicaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Radish

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
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	33000.0	287000.0	0.75	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Root	5260.0	182000.0	0.71	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	236000.0	336000.0	0.91	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Root	450.0	8720.0	1.46	Duke, 1992 *
PUTRESCINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAPHANIN	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAPHANUSIN-A	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAPHANUSIN-B	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAPHANUSIN-C	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAPHANUSIN-D	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	0.3	5.3	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Leaf	2.6	24.0	-0.07	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Root	0.3	9.3	1.14	Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM	0	Root	0.4	15.7	0.37	Duke, 1992 *
S-METHYL-L-CYSTEINSULFOXIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Root	210.0	4070.0	0.40	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Root	10.0	425.0	1.61	Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID	9	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SINIGRIN	7	Seed	not available	not available	not available	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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	3	Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allelopathic	2	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	2	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacid	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacne	7	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th