
Listing of Useful Plants of the World
NOTICE: Information on the background to this Listing is available. The analysis of numbers of papers/mentions over time was completed in 1997, using the Agricola database (1970-1996). Hard copies of the Listing (553 pages; over 4200 new crops listed with the analyses of numbers of papers over time included) are available from the publisher, Dr Rob Fletcher; see Advice on Publications Available.
The references listed below are from the Biological Abstracts database (1988-2000) and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re Silverplatter, go to www.silverplatter.com.
Nasturtium officinale
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Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)
Common Name(s):
watercress syn cresson de fontaine syn berroReferences
(Biological Abstracts 1988-2000):[These references are from the Biological Abstracts database and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re SilverPlatter, go to
www.silverplatter.com. References are listed alphabetically by author within years, with most recent references first; addresses of author(s) have been included when available. To search within this page, we suggest using Find in Page, within the Edit menu of the Web Browser.]Bleeker, W., M. Huthmann, et al. (1999). Evolution of hybrid taxa in Nasturtium R.BR. (Brassicaceae). Folia Geobotanica 34(4): 421-433. {a} Department of Systematic Botany, University of Osnabrueck, Barbarastrasse 11, D-49076, Osnabrueck, Germany
Du, L. Q., Y. X. Li, et al. (1999). Screening of salt tolerant watercress variants on natural seawater contained medium. Acta Botanica Sinica. June 41(6): 633-639. {a} Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
Goda, Y., K. Hoshino, et al. (1999). Constituents in watercress: Inhibitors of histamine release from RBL-2H3 cells induced by antigen stimulation. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. Dec. 22(12): 1319-1326. {a} National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1, Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 158-8501, Japan
Kotova, V. V., E. G. Cozari, et al. (1999). Use of antagonistic plants against plant-parasitic nematodes. Sel'skokhozyaistvennaya Biologiya. May June(3): 24-32.
Opak, K. Y., D. Basaran, et al. (1999). The research on Cu++ metal bioabsorption with Nasturtium officinale. Biochemical Archives. Nov. 15(4): 305-310. {a} Burdur Education Faculty, Department of Biology, S. D. U., 15100, Burdur, Turkey
Snyder, G. H., C. W. Deren, et al. (1999). Wetland crops versus wetland drainage. Hortscience 34(1): 46-49. {a} Univ. Fla., Everglades Res. Educ. Cent., P.O. Box 8003, Belle Glade, FL 33430, USA
Jiao, D., M. C. Yu, et al. (1998). Total isothiocyanate contents in cooked vegetables frequently consumed in Singapore. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 46(3): 1055-1058. {a} Div. Carcinogenesis Mol. Epidemiol., American Health Foundation, 1 Dana Rd., Valhalla, NY 10595, USA
Kerfoot, W. C., R. M. Newman, et al. (1998). Snail reaction to watercress leaf tissues: Reinterpretation of a mutualistic 'alarm' hypothesis. Freshwater Biology 40(2): 201-213. {a} Dep. Biological Sci., Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, MI 49931, USA
Montien, A. B., T. Nakazono, et al. (1998). A bioremediation technique of eutrophic water and utilization of aquatic plants as feedstuff in zoo parks. Grassland Science 44(2): 115-121. {a} Sch. Agriculture, Kyushu Tokai Univ., Choyo-son, Aso-gun, Kumamoto-ken 869-1404, Japan
Bleeker, W., H. Hurka, et al. (1997). Presence and morphology of Nasturtium sterile (Airy Shaw) Oef. in southwestern Lower Saxony and neighboring region. Floristische Rundbriefe 31(1): 1-8. {a} AG Spezielle Botanik, Univ. Osnabrueck, Barbarastr. 11, 49069 Osnabrueck, Germany
Palaniswamy, U., R. McAvoy, et al. (1997). Supplemental light before harvest increases phenethyl isothiocyanate in watercress under 8-hour photoperiod. Hortscience 32(2): 222-223. Dep. Plant Sci., U-67, Univ. Conn., Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Svanem, P. J., A. M. Bones, et al. (1997). Metabolism of (alpha-14C)-desulphophenethylglucosinolate in Nasturtium officinale. Phytochemistry Oxford 44(7): 1251-1255. {a} Dep. Biological Sci., Wye College, Univ. London, Wye TN25 5AH, UK
Valdes, B. and R. Parra (1997). Chromosome number accounts for Moroccan plants, I. Lagascalia . [print] 20(1): 161-166. {a} Departamento de Biologia Vegetal y Ecologia, Sevilla, Spain
Valdes, B. and R. Parra (1997). Chromosome numbers of some plants from Morocco. Lagascalia 20(1): 161-166. {a} Departamento de Biologia Vegetal y Ecologia, Facultad de Biologia, Sevilla, Spain
Wenk, M., M. Bourgeois, et al. (1997). Effects of atrazine-mineralizing microorganisms on weed growth in atrazine-treated soils. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 45(11): 4474-4480. {a} Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Ciba Environmental Technol., WS 2090.4.06, Postfach, CH-4133 Pratteln 1, Switzerland
Bennett, R. N., G. Kiddle, et al. (1996). Distribution and activity of microsomal NADPH-dependent monooxygenases and amino acid decarboxylases in cruciferous and non-cruciferous plants, and their relationship to foliar glucosinolate content. Plant Cell and Environment 19(7): 801-812. {a} Biochem. Physiol. Dep., IACR-Rothamsted, Harpenden, Herts AL5 2JQ, UK
Chen, L., S. N. Mohr, et al. (1996). Decrease of plasma and urinary oxidative metabolites of acetaminophen after consumption of watercress by human volunteers. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 60(6): 651-660. {a} Lab. Cancer Res., Coll. Pharamcy, Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ 08855, USA
Henry, C. P. and C. Amoros (1996). Are the banks a source of recolonization after disturbance: An experiment on aquatic vegetation in a former channel of the Rhone River. Hydrobiologia 330(2): 151-162. Univ. Claude Bernard Lyon I, U.R.A.-C.N.R.S. 1974 Ecol. eaux douces grands fleuves, F-69622 Villeurbanne cedex, France
Nakayama, T., Y. Fukushi, et al. (1996). Inhibiting effects of lunularic acid analogs on the growth of liverwort, watercress, and timothy grass. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry 60(5): 862-865. {a} Dep. Applied Biosci., Fac. Agric., Hokkaido Univ., Kita-ku, Sapporo 060, Japan
Newman, R. M., W. C. Kerfoot, et al. (1996). Watercress allelochemical defends high-nitrogen foliage against consumption: Effects on freshwater invertebrate herbivores. Ecology Washington D C 77(8): 2312-2323. {a} Dep. Fish. Wildl., Univ. Minn., St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
Onaindia, M., B. B. G. De, et al. (1996). Aquatic plants in relation to environmental factors in Northern Spain. Journal of Environmental Management 47(2): 123-137. {a} Dep. Biol. Vegetal Ecol., Fac. Ciencias, Univ. Pais Vasco, Aptdo. 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
Panizzi, A. R., L. M. Vivan, et al. (1996). Performance of southern green stink bug (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) nymphs and adults on a novel food plant (Japanese privet) and other hosts. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 89(6): 822-827. {a} Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Soja, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria, Caixa Postal 231, Londrina, Parana 86001-970, Brazil
Selker, J. M. L. and R. F. Lyndon (1996). Leaf initiation and de novo pattern formation in the absence of an apical meristem and pre-existing patterned leaves in watercress (Nasturtium officinale) axillary explants. Canadian Journal of Botany 74(4): 625-641. {a} Inst. Molecular Biol., Univ. Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
Shah, S. S. H. and S. M. Chaghtai (1996). The stream vegetation of Ambela Pass, Buner, NWFP, Pakistan. Scientific Khyber 9(1): 85-92. Dep. Botany, Islamia Coll., Peshawar, Pakistan
Hecht, S. S., F. L. Chung, et al. (1995). Effects of watercress consumption on metabolism of a tobacco-specific lung carcinogen in smokers. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention 4(8): 877-884. {a} American Health Foundation, 1 Dana Rd., Valhalla, NY 10595, USA
Miaud, C. (1995). Oviposition site selection in three species of European newts (Salamandridae) genus Triturus. Amphibia Reptilia 16(3): 265-272. Lab. d'Ecol. Vertebres, Cent. Interdisciplinaire Sci. Montagne, Univ. Savoie, 73376 Le Bourget du Lac Cedex, France
Sundaram, K. M. S. (1995). Distribution, persistence, and fate of mexacarbate in the aquatic environment of a mixed-wood boreal forest. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes 30(5): 651-683. Forest Pest Management Inst., Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, 1219 Queen Street East, Box 490, Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 5M7, Canada
Venkatasubbaiah, P., T. B. Sutton, et al. (1995). The structural and biological properties of secondary metabolites produced by Peltaster fructicola, a fungus associated with apple sooty blotch disease. Plant Disease 79(11): 1157-1160. {a} Oncogene Sci., 106 Charles Lindberg Blvd., Uniondale, NY 11553, USA
Yuan, M. (1995). Vascular system is the main route of electrical wave transmission elicited by localized wounding in Nasturtium officinale. Acta Phytophysiologica Sinica 21(4): 373-385. Plant Physiol. Lab., Biol. Coll., Beijing Agric. Univ., Beijing 10094, China
Bornette, G., C. Amoros, et al. (1994). Succession and fluctuation in the aquatic vegetation of two former Rhone River channels. Vegetatio 110(2): 171-184. Univ. Claude-Bernard Lyon I, UA CNRS 1451, Ecologie des Eaux Douces et des Grandes Fleuves, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
Philosoph, H. S., S. Meir, et al. (1994). Role of ethylene in senescence of watercress leaves. Physiologia Plantarum 90(3): 553-559. {a} Dep. Postharvest Science Fresh Produce, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
Abe, K., Y. Ozaki, et al. (1993). Use of higher plants and bed filter materials for domestic wastewater treatment in relation to resource recycling. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 39(2): 257-267. {a} Dep. Soils Fertilizers, Natl. Agric. Res. Cent., Tsukuba 305, Japan
Boller, M. (1993). Filter mechanisms in roughing filters. Aqua Oxford 42(3): 174-185. Swiss Fed. Inst. Water Resources Water Pollution Control, 8600 Duebendorf, Switzerland
Buchwald, R. (1992). Veronico-Apietum submersi, a new association from Central Italy. Documents Phytosociologiques 14: 513-529. Inst. Biol., II/Geobotanik, Schanzlestr. 1, D-7800 Freiburg, Germany
Newman, R. M., Z. Hanscom, et al. (1992). The watercress glucosinolate-myrosinase system: A feeding deterrent to caddisflies, snails and amphipods. Oecologia Heidelberg 92(1): 1-7. {a} Dep. Fisheries Wildlife, Univ. Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
Oliveira, C. A. F. D. and P. M. L. Germano (1992). Study of the occurrence of intestinal parasites on vegetables commercially traded in the metropolitan area of S. Paulo, SP - Brazil: II. Research into protozoan cysts. Revista de Saude Publica 26(5): 332-335. {a} Av. Dr. Amaldo 715, 01246-904 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Oliveira, C. A. F. D. and P. M. L. Germano (1992). Study on the occurrence of intestinal parasites on vegetables commercially traded in the metropolitan area of Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil: Search for helminths. Revista de Saude Publica 26(4): 283-289. {a} Av. Dr. Arnaldo, 715-01246-904 Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil
Rejmankova, E. (1992). Ecology of creeping macrophytes with special reference to Ludwigia peploides (H,B,K,) Raven. Aquatic Botany 43(3): 283-299. Div. Environmental Studies, University California, Davis, Calif. 95616
Venkatasubbaiah, P., A. B. A. M. Baudoin, et al. (1992). Leaf spot of hemp dogbane caused by Stagonospora apocyni, and its phytotoxins. Journal Of Phytopathology 135(4): 309-316.
Bhatt, R. S., M. Sharma, et al. (1991). Use of water cress (Nasturtium officinale R. Br.) plant meal in the starter chick diet. Indian Journal Of Animal Nutrition 8(1): 79-82.
Clarkson, R. and S. D. Lane (1991). Use of a small-scale nutrient-film hydroponic technique to reduce mineral accumulation in aquarium water. Aquaculture And Fisheries Management 22(1): 37-46.
Haury, J. and S. Muller (1991). Ecological and chorological variations of macrophytic vegetation in acid rivers of Armorican Massif and Northern Vosges (France). Revue Des Sciences De L'Eau 4(4): 463-482.
Mesmar, M. N. and M. Abussaud (1991). The antibiotic activity of some aquatic plants and algal extracts from Jordan. Qatar University Science Bulletin 11: 155-160. Dep. Biol. Sci., Yarmouk Univ., Irbid, Jordan
Schwegler, T. and R. Brandle (1991). Ethylene-dependent growth and development of water cress (Nasturtium officinale R. Br.) cuttings. Botanica Helvetica 101(1): 135-140.
Bartodziej, W. and J. A. Perry (1990). Litter processing in diffuse and conduit springs. Hydrobiologia 206(2): 87-98.
Newman, R. M. (1990). Effects of shredding amphipod density on watercress Nasturtium officinale breakdown. Holarctic Ecology 13(4): 293-299.
Sheng, M. D., M. Foy, et al. (1990). Coho salmon enhancement in British Columbia (Canada) using improved groundwater-fed side channels. Canadian Manuscript Report Of Fisheries And Aquatic Sciences(2071): 1-81.
Sun, B. Y., T. F. Stuessy, et al. (1990). Chromosome counts from the flora of the Juan Fernandez Islands, Chile: III. Pacific Science 44(3): 258-264.
Velichkin, E. M. and N. A. Bulokhova (1990). Some plant species, rare and new for the Bryansk Oblast (Russian SFSR, USSR). Botanicheskii Zhurnal 75(4): 571-572.
Broadway, R. M. (1989). Tryptic inhibitory activity in wild and cultivated crucifers. Phytochemistry 28(3): 755-758.
Fairweather, T. S. J., A. Johnson, et al. (1989). Studies on calcium absorption from milk using a double-label stable isotope technique. British Journal Of Nutrition 62(2): 379-388.
Fortner, S. L. and D. S. White (1988). Interstitial water patterns: A factor influencing the distributions of some lotic aquatic vascular macrophytes. Aquatic Botany 31(1-2): 1-12.
Kondratyuk, Y. M., R. I. Burda, et al. (1987). Supplement to the "Synopsis of the flora of the southwestern Ukrainian SSR (USSR)". Ukrayins'Kyi Botanichnyi Zhurnal 44(3): 23-27.
Baker, J. H. and D. R. Orr (1986). Distribution of epiphytic bacteria on freshwater plants. Journal Of Ecology 74(1): 155-166.
Jiao, X. Z., H. S. Philosoph, et al. (1986). The conversion of 1-(malonylamino)cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid to 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid in plant tissues. Plant Physiology 81(2): 637-641.
Melzer, A. and R. Kaiser (1986). Seasonal variations in nitrate content, total nitrogen, and nitrate reductase activities of macrophytes from a chalk stream in Upper Bavaria (West Germany). Oecologia 69(4): 606-611.
Wong, M. H. (1985). Toxic effects of iron ore tailings and the response of watercress from tailings at high concentrations of iron, zinc and manganese. Environmental Pollution Series A Ecological And Biological 38(2): 129-140.
Khan, S. A., Salma, et al. (1984). Development of erucic acid and glucosinolate-free rapeseeds (crucifers) in Pakistan: 4. The instance of erucic acid and glucosinolate occurrence in some wild crucifers of Pakistan. Pakistan Journal Of Scientific And Industrial Research 27(4): 225-228.
Lim, B. T. and I. Khatijah Determination of dietary fibre in selected fruits and vegetables by Prosky method. MARDI Research Journal 23(2): 191-197. Food Technol. Res. Centre, MARDI Serdang, P.O. Box 12301, 50774 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tammaro, F., L. Pace, et al. Floristic changes and mediterranean relicts in the basin of the emptied lake Fucino (Abruzzo, central Italy). Bollettino della Societa' Sarda di Scienze Naturali 30: 321-335. Universita L'Aquila, Dip. Sci. Ambientali, Abruzzo, Italy
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