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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Alliaria petiolata (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Garlic Mustard
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
SINAPINE-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Seed *
SINIGRIN 7 Plant *
SQUALENE 10 Plant *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 880.0 -0.55 *
TETRACOSADIENOIC-ACID 0 Seed 17600.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatotoxic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 1 *
Antihistaminic 2 *
Antihypertensive 2 *
Antiinfertility 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 4 *
Antiketotic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antilepric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antileukotriene-D4 3 *
Antilithic 1 *
AntiLyme 1 *
Antimaculitic 1 *
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiMeniere's 1 Martindale's 29th
Antimenopausal 1 *
Antimenorrhagic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 1 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antimigraine 1 Martindale's 29th