Lepidium virginicum

Common Names: peppergrass, poorman pepperweed, poorman's pepper, poorman's pepperwort, Virginia pepperweed, Virginian peppercress

Ethnobotanical Studies

Studies

Cytotoxic Activity of Lepidium virginicum L. Methanolic Extract on Human Colorectal Cancer Cells, Caco-2, through p53-Mediated Apoptosis.

Summary

ELv extract from stems shows cytotoxic activity on Caco-2 colon cancer cells, inducing apoptosis. Contains phenolic compounds that may be potential anti-cancer agents for colorectal cancer treatment.

CancerGastroenterology
Gallegos-Saucedo R et al (2024).
Molecules.
DOI:
10.3390/molecules29163920
PubMed:
39202999

Traditional medicinal plants in the treatment of gastrointestinal parasites in humans: A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical and experimental evidence.

Review
Ranasinghe S et al (2023).
Phytother Res.
DOI:
10.1002/ptr.7895
PubMed:
37230485

A comparative study of the chloroplast genomes of five Lepidium species with high medicinal value.

Genetics
Zhou Q et al (2023).
Funct Plant Biol.
DOI:
10.1071/FP22052
PubMed:
36043226

Magnetophotoselection in the Investigation of Excitonically Coupled Chromophores: The Case of the Water-Soluble Chlorophyll Protein.

Ciuti S et al (2022).
Molecules.
DOI:
10.3390/molecules27123654
PubMed:
35744779

Accurate prediction of mutation-induced frequency shifts in chlorophyll proteins with a simple electrostatic model.

Srivastava A et al (2021).
J Chem Phys.
DOI:
10.1063/5.0064567
PubMed:
34686046

Essential Oil of Lepidium virginicum: Protective Activity on Anthracnose Disease and Preservation Effect on the Nutraceutical Content of Tamarillo Fruit (Solanum betaceum).

Phytochemistry
Pacheco-Hernández Y et al (2021).
Chem Biodivers.
DOI:
10.1002/cbdv.202000941
PubMed:
33507621

Identification of Delia spp. (Robineau-Desvoidy) (Diptera, Anthomyiidae) and its cruciferous hosts in Mexico.

Meraz-Álvarez R et al (2020).
Zookeys.
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.964.53947
PubMed:
32939149

How water-mediated hydrogen bonds affect chlorophyll a/b selectivity in Water-Soluble Chlorophyll Protein.

Agostini A et al (2019).
Sci Rep.
DOI:
10.1038/s41598-019-54520-4
PubMed:
31796824

Similarity and Specificity of Chlorophyll b Triplet State in Comparison to Chlorophyll a as Revealed by EPR/ENDOR and DFT Calculations.

Agostini A et al (2019).
J Phys Chem B.
DOI:
10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b07912
PubMed:
31502466

The effects of changes in water and nitrogen availability on alien plant invasion into a stand of a native grassland species.

Liu Y et al (2018).
Oecologia.
DOI:
10.1007/s00442-018-4216-1
PubMed:
29974246

Optically Detected Magnetic Resonance of Chlorophyll Triplet States in Water-Soluble Chlorophyll Proteins from Lepidium virginicum: Evidence for Excitonic Interaction among the Four Pigments.

Agostini A et al (2018).
J Phys Chem B.
DOI:
10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b01906
PubMed:
29781619

New Insight into the Water-Soluble Chlorophyll-Binding Protein from Lepidium virginicum.

Kell A et al (2016).
Photochem Photobiol.
DOI:
10.1111/php.12581
PubMed:
26914599

2D spectroscopy study of water-soluble chlorophyll-binding protein from Lepidium virginicum.

Alster J et al (2014).
J Phys Chem B.
DOI:
10.1021/jp411174t
PubMed:
24627983

Molecular cloning, characterization and analysis of the intracellular localization of a water-soluble chlorophyll-binding protein (WSCP) from Virginia pepperweed (Lepidium virginicum), a unique WSCP that preferentially binds chlorophyll b in vitro.

Takahashi S et al (2013).
Planta.
DOI:
10.1007/s00425-013-1952-7
PubMed:
23995835

Antiamoebic activity of benzyl glucosinolate from Lepidium virginicum.

Calzada F, Barbosa E and Cedillo-Rivera R (2003).
Phytother Res.
PubMed:
12820228