Nasturtium officinale R. Br. |
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Botanical Name |
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Nasturtium officinale R. Br. |
English
Name |
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Watercress |
Synonym(s) |
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Nasturtium fontanum Aschers |
Family |
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Brassicaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A perennial much-branched, aquatic herb with creeping or floating stem. Leaves pinnate: leaflets 7-11, sessile, ovate-oblong or sinuately lobed, obtuse; flowers white, in short racemes; fruit a siliqua, shortly cylindric; seeds minute, ovoid, muriculate. |
| Herb Effects |
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Antiscorbutic and stimulant (plant); blood purifier, vermifuge and diuretic (plant decoction); antiscorbutic, depurative, diuretic, expectorant, purgative, hypoglycaemic, odontalgic, stimulant and stomachic (leaves) |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Alanine, arginine, ascorbic acid, aspartic acid, beta-carotene, nicotinamide, glycine, leucine, methionine, niacin, phenylalanine, riboflavin, thiamin, tryptophan, tyrosine (herb); folacin, gluconasturtin, glutamic acid, pantothenic acid (plant) |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Nicotinamide |
Not Available |
pyridine-3-carboxami
de |
C6H6N2O |
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| Alanine |
35597-43-4 |
2-[2-[2-amino-4-(hyd
roxy-methyl-phosphor
yl)-butanoyl]aminopr
opanoylami
no]propa
noic acid |
C11H22N3O6P |
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| Arginine |
7004-12-8 |
2-amino-5-guanidino-
pentanoic acid |
C6H14N4O2 |
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| Ascorbic acid |
Not Available |
2-(1,2-dihydroxyethy
l)-4,5-dihydroxy-fur
an-3-one |
C6H8O6 |
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| Aspartic acid |
6899-03-2 |
2-aminobutanedioic
acid |
C4H7NO4 |
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| beta-Carotene |
Not Available |
3,7,12,16-tetramethy
l-1,18-bis(2,6,6-tri
methyl-1-cyclohexeny
l)-octadec
a-1,3,5,
7,9,11,13,15,17-nona
ene |
C40H56 |
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| Glycine |
87867-94-5 |
2-aminoacetic acid |
C2H5NO2 |
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| Leucine |
2439-37-4 |
2-dimethylamino-4-me
thyl-pentanoic acid |
C8H17NO2 |
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| Methionine |
348-67-4 |
2-amino-4-methylsulf
anyl-butanoic acid |
C5H11NO2S |
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| Niacin |
99148-57-9 |
pyridine-3-carboxyli
c acid |
C6H5NO2 |
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| Phenylalanine |
3617-44-5 |
2-amino-3-phenyl-pro
panoic acid |
C9H11NO2 |
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| Riboflavin |
Not Available |
Not Available |
C17H21N4O9P |
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| Thiamin |
59-43-8 |
2-[3-[(4-amino-2-met
hyl-pyrimidin-5-yl)m
ethyl]-4-methyl-1-th
ia-3-azoni
acyclope
nta-2,4-dien-5-yl]et
hanol |
C12H17N4OS+ |
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| Tryptophan |
80206-30-0 |
2-amino-3-(1H-indol-
3-yl)propanoic acid |
C11H12N2O2 |
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| Tyrosine |
556-02-5 |
2-amino-3-(4-hydroxy
phenyl)-propanoic
acid |
C9H11NO3 |
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| Folacin |
6484-89-5 |
2-[4-[(2-amino-4-oxo
-1H-pteridin-6-yl)me
thylamino]benzoyl]am
inopentane
dioic
acid |
C19H19N7O6 |
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| Glutamic acid |
Not Available |
2-aminopentanedioic
acid |
C5H9NO4 |
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| Pantothenic acid |
599-54-2 |
3-[(2,4-dihydroxy-3,
3-dimethyl-butanoyl)
amino]propanoic acid |
C9H17NO5 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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Anemia, asthma, bronchitis, cancer, catarrh, cough, depurative, earache, eczema, flu, head colds, kidney ailments, liver ailments, pertussis, piles, scabies, scurvy, sore, tuberculosis, warts, in strangury, goiter, very useful treatment for dietary deficiencies and malnutrition. |
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