botanical record · discovered
Black Mustard
Brassica nigra
Black Mustard · Black mustard · Cavolo senape nera · Chou noir · Chou noir, Moutarde noire · Hvid amarant · Juodasis bastutis · Kapusta czarna · Krypamarant · Moutarde noire · Mållamarant · Plet-amarant · Schwarzer Senf
At a glance
Origin / distribution: China, Chinese, Turkey, Iraq, Venezuela, US, Japan, Spain
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Ache(Foot), Anodyne, Apertif, Arthritis
Science studied: ALLYL-CYANIDE, ALLYL-RHODANIDE, ASCORBIC-ACID, ASH
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Brassicaceae
Scientific name: Brassica nigra
Common names: Black Mustard, Black mustard, Cavolo senape nera, Chou noir, Chou noir, Moutarde noire, Hvid amarant, Juodasis bastutis, Kapusta czarna, Krypamarant, Moutarde noire, Mållamarant, Plet-amarant, Schwarzer Senf
History
The source record documents this plant in China, Chinese, Turkey, Iraq, Elsewhere, Venezuela, US, Japan and 10 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Ache(Foot)
- Anodyne
- Apertif
- Arthritis
- Carminative
- Counterirritant
- Diuretic
- Emetic
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- Herpes
- Lymphoma(Neck)
- Mustard-Plaster
- Pneumonia
- Poultice
- Rheumatism
- Rubefacient
- Sciatica
- Sclerosis(Spleen)
- Scurvy
- Stimulant
- Stomachic
- Tumor(Viscera)
- Vesicant
- Neuralgia
- Dandruff
- Laxative
- Lumbago
- Pleurisy
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- China
- Chinese
- Turkey
- Iraq
- Elsewhere
- Venezuela
- US
- Japan
- Spain
- Syria
- Belgium
- AR
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- AT
- AU
- BA
- BE
- BG
- BO
Documented cultural uses
- Ache(Foot)
- Anodyne
- Apertif
- Arthritis
- Carminative
- Counterirritant
- Diuretic
- Emetic
- Herpes
- Lymphoma(Neck)
- Mustard-Plaster
- Pneumonia
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- Poultice
- Rheumatism
- Rubefacient
- Sciatica
- Sclerosis(Spleen)
- Scurvy
- Stimulant
- Stomachic
- Tumor(Viscera)
- Vesicant
- Neuralgia
- Dandruff
- Laxative
- Lumbago
- Pleurisy
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ALLYL-CYANIDE
- ALLYL-RHODANIDE
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- ASH
- CALCIUM
- CARBOHYDRATES
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- COPPER
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- EO
- FAT
- FERULIC-ACID
- FIBER
- GADOLEIC-ACID
- HISTIDINE
- HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID
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- ISOLEUCINE
- KILOCALORIES
- LEUCINE
- ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID
- MANGANESE
- MESOINOSITOL-HEXAPHOSPHORIC-ACID-ESTER
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PANTOTHENIC-ACID
- PHENYLETHYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE
- PHOSPHORUS
- PROTEIN
- RIBOFLAVIN
- SINAPIN
- SODIUM
- THIAMIN
- TRYPTOPHAN
- VALINE
- WATER
- MAGNESIUM
- NIACIN
- ALLYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- CYSTINE
- IRON
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- METHIONINE
- PALMITOLEIC-ACID
- POTASSIUM
- SINAPIC-ACID
- STEARIC-ACID
- TYROSINE
- ARGININE
- ERUCIC-ACID
- LYSINE
- ZINC
- MUCILAGE
- OLEIC-ACID
- BETA-CAROTENE
- MYROSIN
- PHENYLALANINE
- PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID
- TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACID
- SINIGRIN
- THREONINE
- VANILLIC-ACID
- GLUCONAPIN
- GLUCONASTURTIIN
- GLUCOPUTRANJIVIN
- ISOPROPYLISOTHIOCYANATE
- NONACOSANE
- PHYLLOQUINONE
- PROGOITRIN
- SINAPINE
- 2-PHENYLETHYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE
- 3,7-DIGLUCOSIDE-ISORHAMNETIN
- 3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-ISORHAMNETIN
- 3-SOPHOROSIDE-ISORHAMNETIN
- 3-SOPHOROSIDE-7-GLUCOSIDE-ISORHAMNETIN
- ALLYL-THIOCYANATE
- ASTRAGALIN
- ISOPROPYL-GLUCOSINOLATE
- ISOQUERCITRIN
- KAEMPFEROL-3,7-DIGLUCOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-FERULOYL-SOPHOROSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-SOPHOROSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-SINAPOYL-SOPHOROSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-SOPHOROSIDE-7-GLUCOSIDE
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- POPULNIN
- QUERCETIN-3,7-DIGLUCOSIDE
- QUERCETIN-3-ALPHA-L-(2-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANISIDO-ARABO-PYRANOSIDE)
- QUERCETIN-3-SOPHOROSIDE
- QUERCETIN-3-SOPHOROSIDE-7-GLUCOSIDE
- QUERCIMERITRIN
- 2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL
- S-METHYL-CYSTEINE-SULFOXIDE
- 2-BUTYL-GLUCOSINOLATE
- 2-METHYL-BUTYL-GLUCOSINOLATE
- 2-PHENYLETHYL-GLUCOSINOLATE
- 3-METHYLTHIOPROPYL-GLUCOSINOLATE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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