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Plant 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
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
1-OCTEN-3-OL 0 Hs not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ACETYLTHIAZOLE 0 Hs not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-ANISOL 0 Hs not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-OCTANOL 1 Hs not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-PENTYL-FURANE 0 Hs not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-OCTANOL 2 Hs not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-OCTANONE 0 Hs not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-MERCAPTOBUTYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-SULFINYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-THIO-BUTYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYLTHIOBUTYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Hs not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-PENTENYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 1 Hs not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-METHYLTHIO-PENTANENITRILE 0 Hs not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-METHYLTHIO-PENTYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Hs not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Hs not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Hs not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETOPHENONE 6 Hs not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Seed not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALLYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 16 Hs not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed not available 48000.0 0.00 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Soporific 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Spermicide 1 Martindale's 28th
Spice 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Termiticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Testosterone-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Transdermal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Ulcerogenic 2 HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Vasodilator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *