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
NIACIN	39	Leaf	40.0	348.0	3.05	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Root	3.0	68.0	0.51	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Root	0.0	0.7	-0.77	Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN	0	Root	2000.0	38570.0	1.32	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Root	160.0	3100.0	0.36	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Root	not available	92.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Root	not available	91.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Root	260.0	5040.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Root	0.8	18.0	0.07	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Root	230.0	4455.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	240.0	10526.0	2.22	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	300.0	2609.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Root	160.0	5850.0	0.41	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Root	70.0	1355.0	1.13	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	2070.0	20495.0	0.23	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	5000.0	43478.0	0.58	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Root	2215.0	85700.0	5.12	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	not available	11900.0	-0.06	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Root	180.0	3490.0	1.03	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	13000.0	257000.0	1.98	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.