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Plant Raphanus sativus (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Radish
How this plant is used
Food

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View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadrenalinic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiAGE 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 4 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antianemic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antianginal 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.