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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
COPPER 12 Seed 6.0 8.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Seed 5820.0 6227.0 2.14 Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-5-AVENASTEROL 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EICOSENIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Seed 1000.0 2000.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
ERUCIC-ACID 2 Seed 104194.0 117064.0 0.42 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 283271.0 312364.0 0.25 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Seed 63160.0 103000.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GADOLEIC-ACID 0 Seed 26117.0 29407.0 3.69 Duke, 1992 *
GALACTURONIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOBRASSICIN 1 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCURONIC-ACID 4 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 49790.0 53275.0 0.49 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Seed 13120.0 14038.0 0.45 Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 7620.0 8153.0 0.54 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Seed 90.0 370.0 1.02 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 10810.0 11576.0 0.14 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Seed 17830.0 19078.0 0.19 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