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
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 *

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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.