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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
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
Antipyretic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 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
AntiRaynaud's 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiseptic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antispasmodic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic 1 LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The
Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
Antistress 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X 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
Antitumor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Esophagus) 1 LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The
Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Intestine) 1 LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The
Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
Antitumor (Liver) 1 LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The
Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
Antitumor (Lung) 2 Duke, 1992 *