Plant Raphanus sativus (Brassicaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
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 *

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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
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic?	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Diuretic	7	Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Active	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	1	Martindale's 29th
Encephalopathic	1	Martindale's 29th
Energizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Essential	8	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fatal	1	Martindale's 29th
Fibrinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor	8	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide	6	Duke, 1992 *
Gastroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hematopoietic	1	Merck 11th Edition