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
SODIUM	1	Fruit	50.0	495.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Leaf	1100.0	9565.0	1.05	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Root	100.0	5020.0	1.82	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Seed	not available	134.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
SPERMINE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SPERMINIDINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Root	40.0	775.0	0.98	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Root	350.0	6140.0	1.01	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	0.3	7.9	0.33	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Leaf	1.4	7.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Root	0.3	9.7	0.27	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Root	290.0	5620.0	0.57	Duke, 1992 *
TRIACONTANE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Root	40.0	775.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Root	130.0	2520.0	0.83	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Root	320.0	6200.0	1.24	Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6	0	Root	0.7	14.5	1.45	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Fruit	899000.0	923000.0	0.66	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Leaf	not available	856000.0	0.24	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Root	926000.0	945000.0	1.15	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).