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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antifibrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigallstone	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigenotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigonadotropic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antihangover	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic	1	Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatotoxic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperactivity	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihypercholesterolemic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *