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Plant Raphanus sativus (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Radish
How this plant is used
Food
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
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 *
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
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antithyroid 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitumor 8 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (brain) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Esophagus) 1 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.
Antitumor (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Intestine) 1 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.
Antitumor (Liver) 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.
Antitumor (Lung) 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 2 Duke, 1992 *