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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.
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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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Pemphigenic 1 My Rodale Press Green Farmacy Draft, miscellaneous abstracts.
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 3 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide 9 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Propecic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Ferretti, A., Flanagan, V. P. 1996. Antithromboxane Activity of Dietary Alpha-linolenic Acid: A Pilot Study. Prostaglandins Leukotrienes Essential Fatty Acids, 54(6): 451-455. ARS, USDA.
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 1 Tawfig,N. Heaney,R.K.,Plumb,J.A.,Fenwick,G.R.,Musk,S.R.R.,Williamson,G.1995. Dietary Glucosinolates as Blocking Agents Against Carcinogenesis: Glucosinolate Breakdown Products Assessed Induction of Quinone Reductase Activity I.Carcinogenesis 16(5)119-1194
Radioprotective 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.
Respiradepressant 1 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spice 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Sunscreen 1 Duke, 1992 *
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Triglycerolytic 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.
Uricosuric 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Vasodilator 2 Duke, 1992 *
Viristat 1 Commission E. Blumenthal,M.,Hall,T. and Rister,R.S. eds.1997.The ABC's German Commission E Monographs - Therapeutic Monographs on Medicinal Plants for Human Use by Commission E - A Special Expert Committee of the German Federal Health Agency.ABC.Austin TX
Vulnerary 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).