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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLUORINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FOLACIN | 15 | Root | 0.3 | 5.8 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOBRASSICIN | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOCAPPARIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOLEPIDIIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOPUTRANJIVIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCORAPHANIN | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Root | 1320.0 | 25580.0 | 0.88 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCEROL-SINAPATE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Root | 220.0 | 4265.0 | 1.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Root | 130.0 | 2520.0 | 0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| INDOLE-ACETIC-ACID | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| INDOLEACETONITRILE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Fruit | 4.0 | 295.0 | 0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Leaf | 41.0 | 357.0 | -0.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Root | 2.0 | 189.0 | -0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Seed | not available | 120.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOBUTYRALDEHYDE | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Root | 300.0 | 5815.0 | 1.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Fruit | 340.0 | 3370.0 | -0.44 | 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. |