Plant Raphanus sativus (Brassicaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Radish

How this plant is used

Food

Download these results as:

List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 *

Download these results as:

CSV

EXCEL

PDF

List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Litholytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic	1	Duke, 1992 *