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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
PHOSPHORUS 4 Herb 600.0 12000.0 1.00 *
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Leaf 3.2 -0.57 *
POTASSIUM 14 Herb 3300.0 66000.0 0.27 *
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 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Herb 1.0 25.0 1.00 *
RUTIN 87 Shoot *
SALICYLATES 7 Herb 8.0 85.0 *
SERINE 1 Herb 600.0 12000.0 1.00 *
SODIUM 1 Herb 410.0 8200.0 1.00 *
THIAMIN 31 Herb 1.0 18.0 1.00 *
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 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER 0 Herb 897000.0 951000.0 0.76 *
ZINC 77 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiherpetic? 1 *
Antihistaminic 3 *
AntiHIV 1 *
Antihomocystinuric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive 8 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiielus? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiimpotence 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiinsomniac 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomniac? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.