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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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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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 *
Antiviral 2 *
Apoptotic 1 *
Arrhythmigenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Arylamine-N-Acetyltransferase-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Calcium-Antagonist 1 *
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 *
Chemopreventive 1 *
Choleretic 1 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic 1 *
Comedolytic 1 *
Cosmetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.