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

Common Names

Radish

How this plant is used

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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
4-METHYLSULFOXIDEBUTEN-(3)-YL-CYANIDE	0	Seed	not available	200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Root	220.0	4265.0	0.41	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Root	6.0	185.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	690.0	7822.0	0.20	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	810.0	7043.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Root	226.0	6216.0	2.91	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Root	10000.0	185700.0	3.37	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Root	480.0	9300.0	-0.08	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	0.3	26.2	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	24.7	214.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Root	0.0	1.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HEXYLALDEHYDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Root	0.6	64.0	1.48	Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Root	0.0	0.6	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Root	not available	91.0	-0.86	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	260.0	10130.0	1.45	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	2380.0	19130.0	0.05	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
Occuloirritant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	3	Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oxidant	2	Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Parasiticide	1	Martindale's 29th
Percutaneostimulant	2	Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery	4	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	16	Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Pituitary-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Preservative	1	Merck 11th Edition
Prolactinogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Prooxidant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer	1	Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	3	Fahey, J. W., Zhang, Y., Talalay, P. 1997. Broccoli Sprouts: An Exceptionally Rich Source of Inducers of Enzymes that Protects Against Chemical Carcinogens. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 94: 10367-10372.