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Plant Nasturtium officinale (Brassicaceae)

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Common name(s)
Berro, Watercress
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
4 2-PHENYLETHYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE Herb -- -- -- Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
0 3-PHENYLPROPIONITRILE Herb -- -- -- Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
0 8-METHYLTHIOOCTANONE-NITRILE Herb -- -- -- Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
3 ALANINE Herb 1370.0 27400.0 1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
14 ARGININE Herb 1500.0 30000.0 1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Herb 430.0 13690.0 1.00 *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Shoot -- 370.0 -0.35 *
0 ASH Herb 13000.0 179000.0 1.00 *
3 ASPARTIC-ACID Herb 1870.0 37400.0 1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
53 BETA-CAROTENE Herb 28.0 560.0 -1.00 *
4 BIOTIN Plant -- -- -- *
28 CALCIUM Herb 1200.0 24000.0 1.00 *
0 CARBOHYDRATES Herb 12900.0 25800.0 -1.00 *
12 COPPER Plant -- -- -- *
2 CYSTINE Herb 70.0 1400.0 -1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
0 DIASTASE Plant -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
0 EO Plant 600.0 660.0 -0.69 *
2 ERUCIC-ACID Seed -- 314200.0 2.50 *
0 FAT Herb 1000.0 20000.0 -1.00 *
15 FIBER Herb 700.0 77670.0 -1.00 *
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.