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Lepidium ruderale
Lepidium ruderale is species of flowering plants in the mustard or cabbage family, Brassicaceae. It is native to temperate Asia and northern and eastern Europe. It has also naturalized in southwestern Europe and North America. Its common names include narrow-leaf pepperwort, roadside pepperweed, and peppergrass.
Contents
Uses
Food and Medicinal plant, Asthma, Bleeding piles, Hemorrhoid, Skin diseases, Cough, Rheumatism.
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
The yield of the endosperm and the bran fraction were 72 and 28%, respectively. The WM, endosperm and bran had 22.5, 27.7 and 12.6% protein, 27.5, 33.1 and 6% fat, 30, 13.6 and 75% dietary fibre (DF), and 1193.00, 945.15 and 1934.57 mg% potassium respectively. The major protein on SDS-PAGE was of 29.5 kDa. The most abundant amino acid was glutamic acid (19.3%) and the essential amino acid, leucine was the highest (8.21 +/- 0.01%) and methionine the lowest (0.97 +/- 0.02%). The major fatty acid was linolenic acid (30.2%) and low amount of erucic acid (3.9%) was also present. Bran having high water holding capacity and high DF, its use as source of DF was explored. The product contained 12% protein, 4% fat and 74.3% DF and exhibited desirable functional properties such as dispersibility, gelling ability, stability, formed homogenous mild alkaline suspension and was comparable to proprietary DF.[1]
Common names
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Kannada | NA |
| Hindi | NA |
| Malayalam | NA |
| Tamil | NA |
| Telugu | NA |
| Marathi | NA |
| Gujarathi | NA |
| Punjabi | NA |
| Kashmiri | NA |
| Sanskrit | NA |
| English | Narrow-leaf pepperwort, Roadside pepperweed, Peppergrass |
Properties
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
Dravya
Rasa
Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)
Guna
Laghu (Light)
Veerya
Vipaka
Karma
Prabhava
Habit
Anthropogenic, Meadows and fields
Identification
Leaf
| Kind | Shape | Feature |
|---|---|---|
| leaves are compound | Obovate | Leaves are alternately arranged, The edge of the leaf blade has lobes, or it has both teeth and lobes, Edge of the leaf blade has teeth the edge, Leaf blade is entire (has no teeth or lobes) |
Flower
| Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bisexual | 2-4cm long | Pink/white | There are four petals, sepals, or tepals in the flower. Both the petals and sepals are separate and not fused |
Fruit
| Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oblong pod | 1.5–3 mm | The fruit is dry and splits open when ripe |
Other features
Where to get the saplings
Mode of Propagation
How to plant/cultivate
Seeds naturally have a low germination rate. The hard and impenetrable seed coat is one of the reasons.[2]
Commonly seen growing in areas
Tropical area, Subtropical area.
Photo Gallery
Seeds.
leaves and flowers
flowers
Plant
References
External Links
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Food and Medicinal plant
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Asthma
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Bleeding piles
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Hemorrhoid
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Skin diseases
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Cough
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Rheumatism
- Herbs with Flower used in medicine
- Herbs with Seeds used in medicine
- Herbs with Leaves used in medicine
- Herbs with common name in English
- Habit - Anthropogenic
- Habit - Meadows and fields
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Seeds
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Tropical area
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Subtropical area
- Herbs
- Fabaceae
