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
NIACIN	39	Leaf	40.0	348.0	3.05	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Root	3.0	68.0	0.51	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Root	0.0	0.7	-0.77	Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN	0	Root	2000.0	38570.0	1.32	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Root	160.0	3100.0	0.36	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Root	not available	92.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Root	not available	91.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Root	260.0	5040.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Root	0.8	18.0	0.07	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Root	230.0	4455.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	240.0	10526.0	2.22	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	300.0	2609.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Root	160.0	5850.0	0.41	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Root	70.0	1355.0	1.13	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	2070.0	20495.0	0.23	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	5000.0	43478.0	0.58	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Root	2215.0	85700.0	5.12	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	not available	11900.0	-0.06	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Root	180.0	3490.0	1.03	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	13000.0	257000.0	1.98	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 *