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Plant Raphanus sativus (Brassicaceae)

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
FLUORINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN 15 Root 0.3 5.8 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOBRASSICIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOCAPPARIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOLEPIDIIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOPUTRANJIVIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCORAPHANIN 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Root 1320.0 25580.0 0.88 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCEROL-SINAPATE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Root 220.0 4265.0 1.12 Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Root 130.0 2520.0 0.71 Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-ACETIC-ACID 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INDOLEACETONITRILE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 4.0 295.0 0.64 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Leaf 41.0 357.0 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Root 2.0 189.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Seed not available 120.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTYRALDEHYDE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Root 300.0 5815.0 1.22 Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 340.0 3370.0 -0.44 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
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscoliotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiseptic 7 Martindale's 28th
Antiserotonin 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisickling 2 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antisilicotic 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antispare-Tire 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
Antispasmodic 7 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 73.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiSpina-Bifida 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistaphylococcic 2 LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The
Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
Antistomatitic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistress 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 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
Antisunburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X 6 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