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.
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
FOLACIN	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCONASTURTIIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCONASTURTIN	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSINOLATE	1	Seed	not available	5000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSINOLATES	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Herb	1900.0	38000.0	1.00	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCINE	12	Herb	1120.0	22400.0	1.00	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HISTIDINE	7	Herb	400.0	8000.0	1.00	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
IRON	6	Herb	2.0	262.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Herb	530.0	10600.0	-1.00	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
KILOCALORIES	0	Herb	300.0	2915.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Herb	1660.0	33200.0	1.00	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LYSINE	4	Herb	1340.0	26800.0	1.00	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM	65	Herb	210.0	4200.0	-0.69	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MANGANESE	14	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Herb	200.0	4000.0	1.00	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NIACIN	39	Herb	2.0	113.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Plant	3.0	62.0	1.89	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Herb	1140.0	22800.0	1.00	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHENYLETHYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE	0	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
Antialcoholic	4	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antialdosteronic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianemic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antianginal	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiapoplectic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.