Plant Capsella bursa-pastoris (Brassicaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Shepherd's Purse

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
ACETYL-CHOLINE	19	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ADONITOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Plant	360.0	5500.0	0.70	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Plant	19000.0	161000.0	0.72	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Plant	2.6	22.0	-0.61	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BURSIC-ACID	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BURSINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Plant	2080.0	17627.0	0.43	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Plant	52000.0	441000.0	-1.49	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Plant	2000.0	10000.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID	23	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIOSMETIN	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIOSMIN	34	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Plant	3200.0	42000.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	170000.0	360000.0	0.50	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Plant	11200.0	102000.0	-0.89	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
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Bacteristat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchoconstrictor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Bronchostimulant	1	Martindale's 28th
Bruchiphobe	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive	11	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	1	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Capillariprotective	1	Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiodepressant	2	Martindale's 29th
Cardioprotective	5	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiovascular	2	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.