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
Antiapoplectic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarthritic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	9	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticalculic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticapillary-Fragility	2	Martindale's 28th
Anticarcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *