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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Tropaeolum majus (Tropaeolaceae)

Common Names
Nasturtium
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
11-EICOSENOIC-ACID 0 Seed 11000.0 20000.0 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Flower 1300.0 -0.43 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 2000.0 4650.0 -0.01 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Pt 1000.0 1600.0 -1.02 *
ASH 0 Shoot 14000.0 102200.0 -0.01 *
BENZYL-CYANIDE 0 Shoot *
BENZYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 20 Seed 9700.0 1.00 *
BENZYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 20 Shoot 300.0 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Shoot 90.0 665.0 2.31 *
CALCIUM 28 Shoot 2110.0 15400.0 0.05 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Shoot 92000.0 671500.0 0.45 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Pericarp *
CYANIDIN-SOPHOROCOSIDE 0 Plant *
EO 0 Shoot 300.0 -0.93 *
ERUCIC-ACID 2 Seed 72000.0 -0.06 *
FAT 0 Seed 72000.0 102000.0 -0.86 *
FAT 0 Shoot 12000.0 87600.0 0.78 *
FIBER 15 Shoot 5000.0 36500.0 -1.58 *
GLUCOTROPAEOLIN 0 Plant *
HELENIEN 2 Flower *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Oviposition-Stimulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pesticide 6 *
Phagocytotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Prooxidant 3 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 2 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Renotoxic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Retinoprotectant Optometry 1 *
Sedative 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Serotoninergic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sunscreen 1 *
Sweetener 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 1 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 1 Bernard, F. X., Sable, S., Cameron, B., Provost, J., Desnottes, J. F., Crouzet, J., Blanche, F. 1997. Glycosylated Flavones as Selective Inhibitors of Topoisomerase IV. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 41: 992-998.
Tranquilizer 1 *
Ubiquiot 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uricosuric 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Varroacide 1 *
Vasodilator 4 Martindale's 29th