Plant Tropaeolum majus (Tropaeolaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Nasturtium

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
11-EICOSENOIC-ACID	0	Seed	11000.0	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Flower	not available	1300.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	2000.0	4650.0	-0.01	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Pt	1000.0	1600.0	-1.02	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Shoot	14000.0	102200.0	-0.01	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-CYANIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE	20	Seed	not available	9700.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE	20	Shoot	not available	300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Shoot	90.0	665.0	2.31	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Shoot	2110.0	15400.0	0.05	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Shoot	92000.0	671500.0	0.45	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-SOPHOROCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Shoot	not available	300.0	-0.93	Duke, 1992 *
ERUCIC-ACID	2	Seed	not available	72000.0	-0.06	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	72000.0	102000.0	-0.86	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Shoot	12000.0	87600.0	0.78	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Shoot	5000.0	36500.0	-1.58	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOTROPAEOLIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HELENIEN	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Acaricide	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
Albuminurigenic	1	Commission E. Blumenthal,M.,Hall,T. and Rister,R.S. eds.1997.The ABC's German Commission E Monographs - Therapeutic Monographs on Medicinal Plants for Human Use by Commission E - A Special Expert Committee of the German Federal Health Agency.ABC.Austin TX
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelochemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	3	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	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	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
Antiaging	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.