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Common Names
Garden Cress
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Irritant | 3 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Keratolytic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Laxative | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipolytic | 1 | LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp. |
| Lithogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Lubricant | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Metastatic | 1 | Science News, 146: 421. |
| Mucogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Mucolytic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Nematicide | 3 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Neuroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Occuloirritant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Parasiticide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Percutaneostimulant | 2 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfumery | 3 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Pesticide | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phagocytotic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Prooxidant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Propecic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |