Plant Lepidium sativum (Brassicaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Garden Cress

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
4-HYDROXY-3,5-DIMETHOXYCINNAMIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOID	0	Seed	1900.0	2015.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Leaf	7.0	66.0	-0.91	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Oil	not available	1830.0	2.00	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Seed	2450.0	3925.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	690.0	6510.0	0.16	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	18000.0	169800.0	0.90	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	57000.0	60440.0	0.38	Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID	1	Seed	2750.0	4410.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-CYANIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE	20	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-THIOCYANATE	5	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	20.0	526.0	1.15	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	810.0	20340.0	0.13	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	3100.0	3290.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	55000.0	518870.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE	1	Seed	not available	9150.0	-1.09	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
D-GALACTURONIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	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
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	12	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cancer-Preventive (Esophagus)	1	Abstract (See species file)
Candidicide	1	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Carcinogenic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
Cardiomyopathogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective	5	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *