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Common Names
Radish
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Leaf | 330.0 | 2870.0 | -0.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Root | 170.0 | 3510.0 | 0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| L-SULFORAPHENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEAD | 0 | Root | 0.0 | 0.6 | -0.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Root | 370.0 | 7170.0 | 1.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Root | 160.0 | 3100.0 | -0.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Root | 290.0 | 5620.0 | 1.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LYSINE | 4 | Root | 350.0 | 6785.0 | 2.80 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Root | 85.0 | 3570.0 | 0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Seed | not available | 3960.0 | 0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Root | 0.5 | 20.0 | -0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Seed | not available | 40.0 | -0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MERCURY | 1 | Root | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Root | 70.0 | 1355.0 | 0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-MERCAPTAN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MOLYBDENUM | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUFA | 13 | Root | 170.0 | 3295.0 | 0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-BUTYRALDEHYDE | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Fruit | 2.0 | 59.0 | -0.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antipodriac | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antipoliomyelitic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antipolyneuritic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiporphyric | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiprolactin | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiproliferant | 3 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Antiprostaglandin | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostatitic | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiprostatotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipruritic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antipsoriac | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antipsychotic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antipyretic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiradicular | 5 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| AntiRaynaud's | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiretardation | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiretinopathic | 1 | 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 |
| Antiretinotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirheumatic | 6 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antirheumatitic? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |