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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALCIUM | 28 | Root | 190.0 | 8570.0 | 0.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Seed | not available | 3670.0 | -0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Fruit | 54000.0 | 701000.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | 57000.0 | 496000.0 | -0.92 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Root | 36000.0 | 757000.0 | -0.94 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Root | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Root | 0.3 | 8.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Seed | not available | 6.0 | -0.80 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYSTINE | 2 | Root | 50.0 | 970.0 | 0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIALLYL-SULFIDE | 25 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ERUCIC-ACID | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Fruit | 3000.0 | 50000.0 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Leaf | 6000.0 | 52000.0 | -0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Root | 1000.0 | 187000.0 | 5.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 298000.0 | 410000.0 | 0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Root | not available | 16.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Fruit | 11000.0 | 147000.0 | 0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Leaf | 11000.0 | 96000.0 | -0.81 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Root | 5200.0 | 176000.0 | 1.95 | 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. |