Plant Nasturtium officinale (Brassicaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
PHOSPHORUS	4	Herb	600.0	12000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE	5	Leaf	not available	3.2	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Herb	3300.0	66000.0	0.27	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Herb	960.0	19200.0	1.00	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROTEIN	0	Herb	23000.0	460000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Herb	1.0	25.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES	7	Herb	8.0	85.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Herb	600.0	12000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Herb	410.0	8200.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Herb	1.0	18.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Herb	1330.0	26600.0	1.00	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Herb	300.0	6000.0	1.00	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE	8	Herb	630.0	12600.0	1.00	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VALINE	3	Herb	1370.0	27400.0	1.00	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VIT-B-6	0	Herb	1.0	26.0	not available	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER	0	Herb	897000.0	951000.0	0.76	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacid	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacne	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD	1	Martindale's 29th
AntiAGE	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
Antiaggregant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th