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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Eruca sativa (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Achnef (Berber; BOU); Garden Rocket (Eng.; USN); Rocket Salad (Eng.; USN); Rugula (Eng.; USN); Salad Rocket (Eng.; USN); Roquette (Eng.; Fr.; BOU); Olrauke (Ger.; USN); Ruke (Ger.; USN); Senfrauke (Ger.; USN); Jamba (India); Taramira (India; Nwp.); Rucola (It.; Malta; Sp.); Rabano silvestre (It.; Port.;); Oruga comun (Sp.; USN); Roqueta (Sp.; USN); Ackerrauke (Ger.; MAD); Ai'afein (Arab.; BOU); Ai'sha (Arab.; BOU); Aruca (Malta; KAB); Arugula (Eng.; FAC; USN); Assu (Punjab; SKJ); Baglet (Arab.; BOU); Bhutaghna (Sansk.; SKJ); Bimbata (Sansk.; KAB); Bou kahli (Arab.; BOU); Chara (Kumaon; DEP); Daradharsha (Sansk.; KAB); Djerdjir (Arab.; BOU); Dua (Kumaon; DEP); Duan (Nwp; KAB); Eihukan (Iran; NAD); Eruca (Malta; KAB); Euzomon (Greece; EB54:155); Gargir (Arab.; Hebrew; BOU); Gery (Arab.; BOU); Grahagna (Sansk.; KAB); Horf (Arab.; BOU); Izgin (Turkey; EB54:155); Jambeh (Iran; DEP; KAB); Jambeho (Sind.; KAB); Jambho (Sind.; DEP); Jamnia (Punjab; DEP); Kadamba (Sansk.; KAB); Kadambaka (Sansk.; KAB); Kerkas (Arab.; BOU); Kibana suzushiro (Jap.; TAN); Lalu (Nwp.; KAB); Lamba (India; USN); Mandao (Afg.; DEP; KAB); Mulai (Loralai; KAB); Oroth (Bible; EB52:394); Piao erh ts'ai (Chi.; TAN); Rajakshavaka (Sansk.; KAB); Rajika (Sansk.; KAB); Rakshitaphala (Sansk.; KAB); Rawk (Arab.; BOU); Rocket (Eng.; BOU); Roquette cultivee (Fr.; KAB); Roquette des jardins (Fr.;KAB); Roquette vraie (Fr.; BOU); Rouka (Arab.; BOU); Ruca (Catalan; KAB); Rucheta (Malta; KAB); Sahwan (Nwp.; KAB); Sarishapa (Sansk.; KAB); Sarshapa (Sansk.; KAB); Sfed sarson (Hindi; MPI); Shiltam (Arab.; BOU); Shwetsursha (Bengal; SKJ); Siddartha (Sansk.; DEP; SKJ); Sidhaprayojana (Sansk.; KAB); Sidharta (Sansk.; KAB); Suffed shorshi (Bengal; DEP); Tanakfail (Berber; BOU); Tantubha (Sansk.; KAB); Tantuka (Sansk.; KAB); Tara (Nwp.; Punjab; KAB; SKJ); Thorfel (Berber; BOU); Tira (Nwp.; DEP; KAB); Tuverika (Sansk.; KAB); Ugragandha (Sansk.; KAB)
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ERUCIC-ACID 2 Seed 75150.0 161460.0 0.89 *
FAT 0 Seed 225000.0 351000.0 0.45 *
FURFURAL 6 Hs *
GLUCOERUCIN 0 Seed *
HEPTAN-3-OL 0 Hs *
HEXADECANOL 1 Hs *
HEXANAL 5 Hs *
HEXANOIC-ACID 2 Hs *
HEXANOL 3 Hs *
HEXYL-OCTANOATE 0 Hs *
ISORHAMNETIN 11 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ISORHAMNETIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 1 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LIGNOCERIC-ACID 1 Seed 4050.0 6320.0 0.28 *
LIMONENE 60 Hs *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 18675.0 53700.0 -0.46 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed 32850.0 69150.0 0.63 *
METHYL-DODECANOATE 0 Hs *
METHYL-EUGENOL 20 Hs *
NONANAL 0 Hs *
NONANOIC-ACID 2 Hs *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiasthmatic 3 *
Antibacterial 9 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Anticancer 2 *
Anticariogenic 1 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticonvulsant 1 *
Anticoronary 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Strychnine) 1 *
Antidysmenorrheic 1 *
Antieczemic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiesophagitic 1 *
Antifeedant 3 *
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antiflu 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antigranular 1 *
Antihepatotoxic 1 *
Antihistaminic 2 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antiinflammatory 4 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antileukotriene-D4 2 *
Antilithic 1 *
Antilymphomic 1 *