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Plant Raphanus sativus (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Radish
How this plant is used
Food

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View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antifatigue 7 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifertility 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglycosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotropic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigout 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigrey 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihangover 4 Duke, 1992 *