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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |