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
Miotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Mucogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Mycobactericide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Myocontractant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Myostimulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Myotonic	1	Martindale's 29th
Nephrotoxic	2	Martindale's 29th
Neuroexcitant	1	Martindale's 28th
Neuroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter	1	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic	1	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Odontolytic	1	Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *