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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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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 *
MYROSIN 0 Plant *
NIACIN 39 Leaf 10.0 95.0 -0.03 *
NICKEL 3 Leaf 0.0 -0.44 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Leaf 870.0 8210.0 0.50 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 97450.0 156200.0 0.30 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Leaf 160.0 1510.0 -0.36 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 2020.0 3240.0 -0.63 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 760.0 7170.0 0.40 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 16500.0 17500.0 3.21 *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 6060.0 57170.0 1.18 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 26000.0 327685.0 1.16 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 235000.0 249180.0 0.14 *
PUFA 4 Leaf 2280.0 21500.0 0.27 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 1.7 25.0 -0.06 *
SFA 0 Leaf 230.0 2170.0 -0.56 *
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Seed *
SINAPIN 0 Seed *
SODIUM 1 Leaf 140.0 1320.0 -0.41 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Leaf 70.0 660.0 -0.19 *
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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 *
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 *
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 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 2 *
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).