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Plant Alliaria petiolata (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Garlic Mustard
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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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 Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
SINAPINE-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SINIGRIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE 10 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed not available 880.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
TETRACOSADIENOIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 17600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
Acantholytic 1 My Rodale Press Green Farmacy Draft, miscellaneous abstracts.
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Albuminurigenic 1 Commission E. Blumenthal,M.,Hall,T. and Rister,R.S. eds.1997.The ABC's German Commission E Monographs - Therapeutic Monographs on Medicinal Plants for Human Use by Commission E - A Special Expert Committee of the German Federal Health Agency.ABC.Austin TX
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Allergenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 3 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antiaging 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *