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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antidote (Paraquat) | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antidyspeptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidysphagic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antieczemic | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiedemic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiencephalitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiencephalopathic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiendometriotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiepileptic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiestrogenic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifatigue | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antifeedant | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Antifertility | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifibrinolytic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigallstone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastritic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antigingivitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |