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

Common Names

Radish

How this plant is used

Food

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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
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	33000.0	287000.0	0.75	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Root	5260.0	182000.0	0.71	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	236000.0	336000.0	0.91	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Root	450.0	8720.0	1.46	Duke, 1992 *
PUTRESCINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAPHANIN	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAPHANUSIN-A	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAPHANUSIN-B	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAPHANUSIN-C	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAPHANUSIN-D	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	0.3	5.3	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Leaf	2.6	24.0	-0.07	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Root	0.3	9.3	1.14	Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM	0	Root	0.4	15.7	0.37	Duke, 1992 *
S-METHYL-L-CYSTEINSULFOXIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Root	210.0	4070.0	0.40	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Root	10.0	425.0	1.61	Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID	9	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SINIGRIN	7	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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 *