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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Eruca sativa (Brassicaceae)

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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1-OCTEN-3-OL 0 Hs *
2-ACETYLTHIAZOLE 0 Hs *
2-METHYL-ANISOL 0 Hs *
2-OCTANOL 1 Hs *
2-PENTYL-FURANE 0 Hs *
3-OCTANOL 2 Hs *
3-OCTANONE 0 Hs *
4-MERCAPTOBUTYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf *
4-METHYL-SULFINYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf *
4-METHYL-THIO-BUTYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf *
4-METHYLTHIOBUTYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Hs *
4-PENTENYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 1 Hs *
5-METHYLTHIO-PENTANENITRILE 0 Hs *
5-METHYLTHIO-PENTYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Hs *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Hs *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Hs *
ACETOPHENONE 6 Hs *
ALKALOIDS 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALLYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 16 Hs *
ASH 0 Seed 48000.0 0.00 *
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