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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-METHYLSULFOXIDEBUTEN-(3)-YL-CYANIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | 200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALANINE | 3 | Root | 220.0 | 4265.0 | 0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Root | 6.0 | 185.0 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARGININE | 14 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARSENIC | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Fruit | 690.0 | 7822.0 | 0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Leaf | 810.0 | 7043.0 | 0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Root | 226.0 | 6216.0 | 2.91 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Root | 10000.0 | 185700.0 | 3.37 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Root | 480.0 | 9300.0 | -0.08 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Fruit | 0.3 | 26.2 | -0.10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Leaf | 24.7 | 214.0 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Root | 0.0 | 1.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-HEXYLALDEHYDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORON | 4 | Root | 0.6 | 64.0 | 1.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BROMINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CADMIUM | 3 | Root | 0.0 | 0.6 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Root | not available | 91.0 | -0.86 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Fruit | 260.0 | 10130.0 | 1.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | 2380.0 | 19130.0 | 0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Immunomodulator | 7 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Immunostimulant | 7 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Immunosuppressant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Insectifuge | 6 | Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994. |
| Insulin-Sparing | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Insulinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157. |
| Insulinogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insulinotonic | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Interferon-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interferonogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Irritant | 3 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Keratolytic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Larvicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Laxative | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Leptingenic | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Leukotriene-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipolytic | 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. |
| Lipotropic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 2 | Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690. |
| Lithogenic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |