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
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodontitic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperoxynitrite	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiphotophobic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiPMS	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipoliomyelitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolyneuritic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiporphyric	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiprostaglandin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipyretic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).