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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
4-HYDROXY-3,5-DIMETHOXYCINNAMIC-ACID 0 Seed *
ALKALOID 0 Seed 1900.0 2015.0 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Leaf 7.0 66.0 -0.91 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Oil 1830.0 2.00 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed 2450.0 3925.0 -0.27 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 690.0 6510.0 0.16 *
ASH 0 Leaf 18000.0 169800.0 0.90 *
ASH 0 Seed 57000.0 60440.0 0.38 *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Seed 2750.0 4410.0 -0.27 *
BENZYL-CYANIDE 0 Plant *
BENZYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 20 Plant *
BENZYL-THIOCYANATE 5 Essential Oil *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 20.0 526.0 1.15 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 810.0 20340.0 0.13 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 3100.0 3290.0 -0.16 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 55000.0 518870.0 -0.74 *
CELLULOSE 1 Seed 9150.0 -1.09 *
COBALT 2 Leaf 0.0 -0.30 *
D-GALACTURONIC-ACID 0 Seed *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
AntiRaynaud's 2 *
Antiretinotic 2 *
Antirheumatic 4 *
Antirhinitic 1 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 *
Antiseborrheic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiseptic 5 Martindale's 28th
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antispasmodic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistaphylococcic 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.
Antistress 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 2 *
Antisyndrome-X 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antithyrotoxic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor 6 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 *
Antitumor (Breast) 2 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 *