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
Hemolytic	1	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemostatic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hepatocarcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective	5	Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 210.
Hepatotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotropic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide	1	Angewandte Botanik 68(5/6)=1994. Page 195.
Histamine-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hormone	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hydrocholerectic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic	2	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypertensive	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hypnotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic	13	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	8	Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *