Phytochemical and Health‐Beneficial Progress of Turnip (Brassica rapa)

• Published in: Journal of food science Vol. 84; no. 1; pp. 19 - 30
• Main Authors: Paul, Swastika, Geng, Chang‐An, Yang, Tong‐Hua, Yang, Yong‐Ping, Chen, Ji‐Jun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.01.2019
• Subjects: active ingredients; Allelochemicals; Anticancer properties; Antihypertensives; antineoplastic activity; antioxidant activity; Antioxidants; Biological activity; Brassica; Brassica rapa; chemical constituents; chest; Constituents; Diabetes mellitus; drugs; Flavonoids; free radical scavengers; Free radicals; Glucosinolates; Headache; Indoles; Isothiocyanate; isothiocyanates; Medical science; Medicinal plants; neoplasms; oils; Organic chemistry; pharmacological activities; Pharmacology; phenolic compounds; Phenols; protective effect; Rabies; Scavenging; Sexually transmitted diseases; STD; Syphilis; traditional medicine; turnips; Vegetables; Volatile compounds; Volatiles; isothiocyanates; pharmacological activities; chemical constituents; Brassica rapa; glucosinolates

Despite the advancement of medical science, diseases are part‐and‐parcel of human life. Plants have provided humans with medicines since time immemorial, and are still one of the primary sources for drug discovery. Brassica rapa L., commonly known as turnip, is one of the world's oldest cultiva...