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
PHOSPHORUS	4	Plant	600.0	7288.0	1.78	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Plant	3940.0	33390.0	0.81	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Plant	42000.0	356000.0	1.50	Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID	43	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PYRUVIC-ACID	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Plant	1.7	14.4	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONINS	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SINIGRIN	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SORBITOL	11	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS	0	Plant	not available	48000.0	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
SULFANILIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIC-ACID	41	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARTARIC-ACID	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Plant	2.5	21.2	1.16	Duke, 1992 *
THIOCYANIC-ACID	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TYRAMINE	11	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Plant	not available	882000.0	0.48	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
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 *