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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Raphanus sativus (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Radish
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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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 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 3670.0 -0.09 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 54000.0 701000.0 -0.44 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 57000.0 496000.0 -0.92 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 36000.0 757000.0 -0.94 *
CHROMIUM 24 Root 0.0 0.1 -0.53 *
COBALT 2 Root *
COPPER 12 Root 0.3 8.0 -0.41 *
COPPER 12 Seed 6.0 -0.80 *
CYSTINE 2 Root 50.0 970.0 0.21 *
DIALLYL-SULFIDE 25 Root *
ERUCIC-ACID 2 Seed *
FAT 0 Fruit 3000.0 50000.0 -0.26 *
FAT 0 Leaf 6000.0 52000.0 -0.09 *
FAT 0 Root 1000.0 187000.0 5.47 *
FAT 0 Seed 298000.0 410000.0 0.76 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Root 16.0 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 11000.0 147000.0 0.05 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 11000.0 96000.0 -0.81 *
FIBER 15 Root 5200.0 176000.0 1.95 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Litholytic 1 *
Lubricant 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 *
Memorigenic 1 *
Metal-Chelator 2 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Monoamine-Precursor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Myorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Nematicide 3 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Nephrotoxic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective 1 *
Neurotoxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 2 *
NO-Genic 1 *