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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Urine-Acidifier 1 Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Vasodilator 8 *
Vasopressor 1 *
Vulnerary 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).