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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Immunostimulant | 5 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Immunosuppressant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insecticide | 1 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| Insectifuge | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Insectiphile | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Interferon-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interferonogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Irritant | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Juvabional | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Larvicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Larvistat | 1 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
| Laxative | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Laxative? | 2 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91. |
| Lipotropic | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 3 | Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690. |
| Lithogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Litholytic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| MAO-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MDR-Inhibitor | 1 | Critchfield, J. W., Welsh, C. J., Phang, J. M., Yeh, G. C. 1994. Modulation of Adriamycin Accumulation and Efflux by Flavonoids in HCT-15 Colon Cells. Activation of P-Glycoprotein as a Putative Mechanism. Biochem Pharmacol, 48(7): 1437-1445. |
| Memorigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |