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.
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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	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	not available	3670.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	54000.0	701000.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	57000.0	496000.0	-0.92	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Root	36000.0	757000.0	-0.94	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Root	0.0	0.1	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Root	0.3	8.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Seed	not available	6.0	-0.80	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Root	50.0	970.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
DIALLYL-SULFIDE	25	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ERUCIC-ACID	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	3000.0	50000.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	6000.0	52000.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Root	1000.0	187000.0	5.47	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	298000.0	410000.0	0.76	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Root	not available	16.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	11000.0	147000.0	0.05	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Leaf	11000.0	96000.0	-0.81	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Root	5200.0	176000.0	1.95	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.