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
IRON	6	Shoot	13.0	95.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITROSIDE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-GLUCOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Shoot	480.0	3500.0	0.90	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN	15	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Shoot	10.0	75.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PELARGONIDIN-3-BIOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PELARGONIDIN-3-SOPHOROSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PEROXIDASE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLACETOTHIOHYDROXIMATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Shoot	850.0	6200.0	1.27	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOFLUENE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	not available	262000.0	0.25	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Shoot	18000.0	131500.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-TRIGLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Shoot	3.5	25.5	0.69	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Shoot	0.9	6.5	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
URIDINE-DIPHOSPHATE-GLUCOSE:THIOHYDROXIMATE-GLUCOSYL-TRANSFERASE	0	Leaf	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 *