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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SODIUM | 1 | Fruit | 50.0 | 495.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Leaf | 1100.0 | 9565.0 | 1.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Root | 100.0 | 5020.0 | 1.82 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Seed | not available | 134.0 | -0.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SPERMINE | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SPERMINIDINE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Root | 40.0 | 775.0 | 0.98 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SULFUR | 14 | Root | 350.0 | 6140.0 | 1.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Fruit | 0.3 | 7.9 | 0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Leaf | 1.4 | 7.0 | -0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Root | 0.3 | 9.7 | 0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | Root | 290.0 | 5620.0 | 0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIACONTANE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Root | 40.0 | 775.0 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Root | 130.0 | 2520.0 | 0.83 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Root | 320.0 | 6200.0 | 1.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VIT-B-6 | 0 | Root | 0.7 | 14.5 | 1.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Fruit | 899000.0 | 923000.0 | 0.66 | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Leaf | not available | 856000.0 | 0.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Root | 926000.0 | 945000.0 | 1.15 | 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 |