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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Lepidium sativum (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Garden Cress
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 9560.0 15325.0 -0.23 *
SULFUR 14 Seed 9000.0 9545.0 3.97 *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 0.8 7.5 -0.17 *
URIC-ACID 0 Seed 108.0 1.00 *
VIT-B-6 0 Leaf 2.5 23.0 0.72 *
WATER 0 Leaf 823000.0 894000.0 0.43 *
WATER 0 Seed 56900.0 -0.66 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Beta-Blocker 2 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Calcium-Antagonist 1 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
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 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Chemopreventive 1 *
Choleretic 2 *
Circulotonic 2 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic 1 *
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 *