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Plant Sinapis alba (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
White Mustard
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
4-HYDROXYBENZOYLCHOLINE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Seed 11870.0 12700.0 0.54 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Seed 26148.0 29373.0 0.25 Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Seed 17500.0 18725.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Seed not available 0.1 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed 44145.0 49280.0 0.04 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 19670.0 21050.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 4983.0 5850.0 0.31 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 208000.0 373858.0 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Seed not available 18.6 2.03 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Seed not available 1.1 -0.16 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
Antifibrotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglycosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th