Introduction and use of horseradish (Armoracia rusticana) as food and medicine from antiquity to the present: Emphasis on the nordic countries

Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 197-213

  Wedelsback Bladh K ^a   Olsson, K M ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Working Group for Vegetables Potatoes Herbs and Medicinal Plants   (Sweden)

Author keywords

fungicide; glucosinolates; peroxidase; pesticide; preservative; scurvy

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; DIURETIC AGENT; FUNGICIDE; GLUCOSINOLATE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; PESTICIDE; SINIGRIN;

ASCORBIC ACID; CANCER; CULTURAL TRADITION; DETOXIFICATION; DICOTYLEDON; ESTER; ETHNOBOTANY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MEDICINE; PESTICIDE; PRESERVATION; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; SPICE; WASTEWATER;

ALOPECIA; ALPINIA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIQUITY; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASTHMA; BITE WOUND; BRONCHITIS; CANCER PREVENTION; COUGHING; DENMARK; DETOXIFICATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTION; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; EPILEPSY; EUROPE; FINLAND; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; GOUT; GREECE; HEADACHE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEART DISEASE; HISTORY; HORSERADISH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTOXICATION; ISCHIALGIA; ITALY; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; MALARIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGES; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT TAXONOMY; POWDER; PROSTATE CANCER; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SCURVY; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH TUMOR; THORAX PAIN; TOOTH PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM; WASABI; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WORM INFECTION;

SCANDINAVIA;

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA;

EID: 80053228541     PISSN: 10496475     EISSN: 15403580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10496475.2011.595055     Document Type: Article

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