Plant Eruca sativa (Brassicaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Achnef (Berber; BOU), Garden Rocket (Eng.; USN), Rocket Salad (Eng.; USN), Rugula (Eng.; USN), Salad Rocket (Eng.; USN), Roquette (Eng.; Fr.; BOU), Olrauke (Ger.; USN), Ruke (Ger.; USN), Senfrauke (Ger.; USN), Jamba (India), Taramira (India; Nwp.), Rucola (It.; Malta; Sp.), Rabano silvestre (It.; Port.;), Oruga comun (Sp.; USN), Roqueta (Sp.; USN), Ackerrauke (Ger.; MAD), Ai'afein (Arab.; BOU), Ai'sha (Arab.; BOU), Aruca (Malta; KAB), Arugula (Eng.; FAC; USN), Assu (Punjab; SKJ), Baglet (Arab.; BOU), Bhutaghna (Sansk.; SKJ), Bimbata (Sansk.; KAB), Bou kahli (Arab.; BOU), Chara (Kumaon; DEP), Daradharsha (Sansk.; KAB), Djerdjir (Arab.; BOU), Dua (Kumaon; DEP), Duan (Nwp; KAB), Eihukan (Iran; NAD), Eruca (Malta; KAB), Euzomon (Greece; EB54:155), Gargir (Arab.; Hebrew; BOU), Gery (Arab.; BOU), Grahagna (Sansk.; KAB), Horf (Arab.; BOU), Izgin (Turkey; EB54:155), Jambeh (Iran; DEP; KAB), Jambeho (Sind.; KAB), Jambho (Sind.; DEP), Jamnia (Punjab; DEP), Kadamba (Sansk.; KAB), Kadambaka (Sansk.; KAB), Kerkas (Arab.; BOU), Kibana suzushiro (Jap.; TAN), Lalu (Nwp.; KAB), Lamba (India; USN), Mandao (Afg.; DEP; KAB), Mulai (Loralai; KAB), Oroth (Bible; EB52:394), Piao erh ts'ai (Chi.; TAN), Rajakshavaka (Sansk.; KAB), Rajika (Sansk.; KAB), Rakshitaphala (Sansk.; KAB), Rawk (Arab.; BOU), Rocket (Eng.; BOU), Roquette cultivee (Fr.; KAB), Roquette des jardins (Fr.;KAB), Roquette vraie (Fr.; BOU), Rouka (Arab.; BOU), Ruca (Catalan; KAB), Rucheta (Malta; KAB), Sahwan (Nwp.; KAB), Sarishapa (Sansk.; KAB), Sarshapa (Sansk.; KAB), Sfed sarson (Hindi; MPI), Shiltam (Arab.; BOU), Shwetsursha (Bengal; SKJ), Siddartha (Sansk.; DEP; SKJ), Sidhaprayojana (Sansk.; KAB), Sidharta (Sansk.; KAB), Suffed shorshi (Bengal; DEP), Tanakfail (Berber; BOU), Tantubha (Sansk.; KAB), Tantuka (Sansk.; KAB), Tara (Nwp.; Punjab; KAB; SKJ), Thorfel (Berber; BOU), Tira (Nwp.; DEP; KAB), Tuverika (Sansk.; KAB), Ugragandha (Sansk.; KAB)

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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 Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
1-OCTEN-3-OL	0	Hs	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-ACETYLTHIAZOLE	0	Hs	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-ANISOL	0	Hs	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-OCTANOL	1	Hs	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PENTYL-FURANE	0	Hs	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-OCTANOL	2	Hs	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-OCTANONE	0	Hs	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-MERCAPTOBUTYL-GLUCOSINOLATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-SULFINYL-GLUCOSINOLATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-THIO-BUTYL-GLUCOSINOLATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYLTHIOBUTYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE	0	Hs	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-PENTENYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE	1	Hs	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-METHYLTHIO-PENTANENITRILE	0	Hs	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-METHYLTHIO-PENTYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE	0	Hs	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETALDEHYDE	6	Hs	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Hs	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOPHENONE	6	Hs	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALLYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE	16	Hs	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	not available	48000.0	0.00	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity Sort descending	Chemical Count	Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4 (View Chemicals list for 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	2 (View Chemicals list for Acaricide)	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for AChE-Inhibitor)	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant	2 (View Chemicals list for Acidulant)	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Addictive	1 (View Chemicals list for Addictive)	Science News, 145: 294.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	1 (View Chemicals list for Allelochemic)	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	7 (View Chemicals list for Allergenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Anemiagenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	3 (View Chemicals list for Anesthetic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacetylcholinesterase	2 (View Chemicals list for Antiacetylcholinesterase)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	2 (View Chemicals list for Antiacne)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiadenomic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	3 (View Chemicals list for Antialopecic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran?	1 (View Chemicals list for Antialzheimeran?)	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antianaphylactic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antianaphylactic)	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic	3 (View Chemicals list for Antiandrogenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiarteriosclerotic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiarthritic)	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.