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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Nasturtium officinale (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Berro, Watercress
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
2-PHENYLETHYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 4 Herb Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
3-PHENYLPROPIONITRILE 0 Herb Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
8-METHYLTHIOOCTANONE-NITRILE 0 Herb Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
ALANINE 3 Herb 1370.0 27400.0 1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARGININE 14 Herb 1500.0 30000.0 1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Herb 430.0 13690.0 1.00 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Shoot 370.0 -0.35 *
ASH 0 Herb 13000.0 179000.0 1.00 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Herb 1870.0 37400.0 1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Herb 28.0 560.0 -1.00 *
BIOTIN 4 Plant *
CALCIUM 28 Herb 1200.0 24000.0 1.00 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Herb 12900.0 25800.0 -1.00 *
COPPER 12 Plant *
CYSTINE 2 Herb 70.0 1400.0 -1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
DIASTASE 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
EO 0 Plant 600.0 660.0 -0.69 *
ERUCIC-ACID 2 Seed 314200.0 2.50 *
FAT 0 Herb 1000.0 20000.0 -1.00 *
FIBER 15 Herb 700.0 77670.0 -1.00 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Allelochemic 1 (View) *
Allergenic 2 (View) *
Analgesic 4 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *
Antiacid 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 2 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 (View) *
AntiADD 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
AntiAGE 1 (View) 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
Antiaggregant 4 (View) *
Antiaging 2 (View) *
Antiakathisic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th