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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
EO 0 Root 330.0 930.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Seed 5000.0 9600.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
ERUCIC-ACID 2 Seed 103400.0 170940.0 0.99 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 220000.0 -0.24 Duke, 1992 *
FERULOYL-CHOLINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FERULOYL-ISOCHOLINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCEROL 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCOLIC-ACID-OXIDASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOTHIOCYANATES 0 Essential Oil 45.0 468.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed not available 48400.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 8800.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
MYROSIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Plant not available 15400.0 2.27 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Plant not available 8800.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
PROP-2-ENYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed not available 280000.0 0.41 Duke, 1992 *
SAPONARIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SINAPINE 0 Seed not available not available not available 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
Antitumor (Stomach) 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.
Antiulcer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 2 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Arrhythmigenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Arylamine-N-Acetyltransferase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 8 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cancer-Preventive (Esophagus) 1 Abstract (See species file)
Carcinogenic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Cardioprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Comedolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.