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Common Names
Shepherd's Purse
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FUMARIC-ACID | 7 | Plant | not available | 1400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCONAPIN | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOSAMINE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Nagai, K. 1960. Studies on Capsella bursa-pastoris. I. Carboxylic Acids, Amino Acids, Carbohydrates, Alcohols, and Inorganic Components in C. bursa-pastoris. Yakugaku Kenkyu, 32: 617. |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HISTAMINE | 18 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYSSOPIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| INOSITOL | 8 | Plant | not available | 300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Plant | 48.0 | 407.0 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Plant | 330.0 | 2800.0 | -0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEOLIN-7-GALACTOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEOLIN-7-RUTINOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANNITOL | 18 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANNOSE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-NONACOSANE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Plant | 4.0 | 34.0 | -0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OXALIC-ACID | 9 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-AMINOBENZOSULFONIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Glutathione-Depleting | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionigenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Hemopoietic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemostat | 4 | Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators) |
| Hemostatic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hepatomagenic | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotoxic | 3 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Histaminic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Humectant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypertensive | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Hypoammonemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 6 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 4 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypolipidemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ileorelaxant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |