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
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
Ubiquiot	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uricosuric	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Urine-Acidifier	1	Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Varroacide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	7	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).