Pharmacological Activities of ( Raphanus Raphanistrum Subsp. Sativus ): A review

Abstract

Raphanus raphanistrum, a member of the Brassicaceae family, is a weed that is extremely difficult to eradicate in southern Australia. The possibility of biological

Researchers are looking for ways to control this weed in Australia by studying it in southern Europe and the Mediterranean region, which is where it first originated. Throughout the Mediterranean region, surveys have been conducted for diseases and insects, with a focus on southern Greece, northern Tunisia, the French Mediterranean coast, and southern Portugal. Even if a large number of the discovered organisms are experts in the Brassicaceae family, the majority of these are insufficiently host-specific to rule out the risk to canola (Brassica napus), the most significant crop connected to wild radish. Raphanus sativus, the edible radish, is another close relative.

Although they are classified as different species, it has been suggested that edible radish originated from wild radish in antiquity. Wild indigenous populations of edible radish are unknown. Finding biological control agents that target the wild radish's seed or reproductive organs or whose host range is limited to wild radish has therefore received a lot of attention. Among the agents that are being examined to reduce seed set are insects that are very specialized in the way they feed on the plant, like the flycatcher gephyraulus raphanistri, which is an insect that has only been found on wild radish.