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Plant Alliaria petiolata (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Garlic Mustard
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
1-CYANO-2,3-EPITHIOPROPANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-BUTYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIAROSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 16 Plant 40.0 460.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLYL-SULFIDE 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLEIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 880.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 20 Essential Oil 2.0 25.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUT-3-ENYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARDEONLIDES 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAROTENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIALLYL-SULFIDE 25 Seed 500.0 960.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EICOSADIENIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 1760.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EICOSENOIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 8800.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Plant 50.0 520.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
AntiMS 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antineoplastic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antineuralgic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antineuramidase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiobesity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodontitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperoxynitrite 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipoliomyelitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiprostatitic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).