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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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. |