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

Plant Capsella bursa-pastoris (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Shepherd's Purse
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ACETYL-CHOLINE 19 Plant *
ADONITOL 0 Plant *
ARABINOSE 0 Plant *
ARGININE 14 Plant *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant 360.0 5500.0 0.70 *
ASH 0 Plant 19000.0 161000.0 0.72 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Plant *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Plant 2.6 22.0 -0.61 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant *
BURSIC-ACID 1 Plant *
BURSINE 0 Plant *
CALCIUM 28 Plant 2080.0 17627.0 0.43 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Plant 52000.0 441000.0 -1.49 *
CHOLINE 20 Plant 2000.0 10000.0 -0.09 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Plant *
DIOSMETIN 13 Plant *
DIOSMIN 34 Plant *
FAT 0 Plant 3200.0 42000.0 -0.14 *
FAT 0 Seed 170000.0 360000.0 0.50 *
FIBER 15 Plant 11200.0 102000.0 -0.89 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acaricide 1 (View) *
Acidifier 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant 2 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Additive 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adrenergic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Allelochemic 1 (View) *
Allergenic 8 (View) *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 3 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 2 (View) ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Antiacne 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).