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
D-GLUCURONIC-GALACTOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-XYLOSE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIALLYL-SULFIDE	25	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Plant	not available	1150.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
ERUCIC-ACID	2	Leaf	910.0	8585.0	0.40	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	7000.0	66040.0	0.19	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	150000.0	255000.0	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Leaf	11000.0	103775.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
GADOLEIC-ACID	0	Leaf	610.0	5755.0	1.18	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOTROPAEOLIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IODINE	12	Leaf	not available	0.1	-1.01	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	13.0	286.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Leaf	320.0	3020.0	0.00	Duke, 1992 *
L-ARABINOSE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-RHAMNOSE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNOCERIC-ACID	1	Seed	320.0	510.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Leaf	1520.0	14340.0	1.04	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Leaf	760.0	7170.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Seed	44550.0	71400.0	0.67	Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE	3	Seed	not available	50000.0	-0.93	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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 *