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
MUFA	13	Leaf	2390.0	22545.0	1.46	Duke, 1992 *
MYROSIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Leaf	10.0	95.0	-0.03	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Leaf	870.0	8210.0	0.50	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	97450.0	156200.0	0.30	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Leaf	160.0	1510.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	2020.0	3240.0	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	760.0	7170.0	0.40	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	16500.0	17500.0	3.21	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	6060.0	57170.0	1.18	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	26000.0	327685.0	1.16	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	235000.0	249180.0	0.14	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Leaf	2280.0	21500.0	0.27	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Leaf	1.7	25.0	-0.06	Duke, 1992 *
SFA	0	Leaf	230.0	2170.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID	9	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Leaf	140.0	1320.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Leaf	70.0	660.0	-0.19	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 *