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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antigastritic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antigingivitic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antihangover | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiheartburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihematuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemorrhagic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihemorrhoidal | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatitic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Akao, M. and Kuroda, K. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Fumaric Acid on Hepatocarcinogenesis by Thioacetamide in Mice. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2012-2014, 1990. |
| Antihepatomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihepatotoxic | 4 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiherpetic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihistaminic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 2 | Tan, G.T., Pezzuto, J.M., Kinghorn,* A.D., Hughes, S.H. Evaluation Of Natural Products As Inhibitors Of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Reverse Transcriptase. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 143-154, 1991. |
| Antihomocysteine | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperactivity | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |