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
Antitumor (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Autotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	1	Duke, 1992 *