Plant Details

Accepted name:: Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl [Brassicaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 2

Descurainia sophia subsp. bartschii (O.E.Schulz) C.Vural

Descurainia sophia subsp. sophia

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
besen rauke	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
besenrauke	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bo niang hao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
descurainia	Other	Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006)
descurainiae semen	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
descurainiae semen, lepidii semen	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
deskureniya sof'i	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
fejjailah	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
flax weed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
flix weed	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
flixweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
fuggaila	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
herb sophia	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
herb-sophia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hierba de los cirujanos	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
jaessug	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
keṣkerich	Other	Useful Pl. of Wakhan & Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
khaakasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
khak shir	Other	Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh et al., 2012)
khak-shir	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
khakshir	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
khelikheli	Other	Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
khobba	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
khubkallana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khuubkalaan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
khākshi	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
kujira-gusa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lepidii semen	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
nan ting li zih	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
nantinglizi	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
pepper weed seed	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
pepperweed	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
pepperweed seed	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
roosh	Other	Med. Pl. in Balochistan, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
sagesse des chirurgiens	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sassyk kapa	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
semen lepidii semen descurainiae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
semen lepidii seu desurainiae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
shang tshe	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
shang tsé	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
shuvaran	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
sofia	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
sofiekruid	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
sofiya deskureniyasy	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
sophienkraut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
t'ing li	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
t'ing li yen	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
tansy mustard	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tansy mustard seed	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
tansymustard	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
tansymustard seed	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
tien theng yan	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
ting li zi	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
ting li zih	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
tinglizi	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
toore	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
towdri	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
velar sagesse	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
خاکشی	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
خبّه	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
فجيله	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
کڜکریچ	Other	Useful Pl. of Wakhan & Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
ཤང་ཚེ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
南葶藶子	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
大叶香荠菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
播娘蒿	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
葶苈子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
葶藶子	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
辣辣菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
seed	dried ripe seed	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Seeds		Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh et al., 2012)
Seed		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Seed		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Flower, Leaves, Seeds		Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
Seed		Med. Pl. in Balochistan, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
seed	dried ripe seed	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
leaves, flower, seed, aerial parts		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seed		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
whole plant, seeds		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
seed		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
plant, leaves, herb, flowering plant, aboveground parts, roots		Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Sisymbrium sophia L. Sp. Pl.: 659 (1753).
Arabis sophia (L.) Bernh. Syst. Verz. Erf.: 196 (1800).
Crucifera sophia (L.) E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 6: 83 (1902).
Discurea sophia (L.) Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 54 (1866).
Phryne sophia (L.) Bubani Fl. Pyren. 3: 175 (1901).
Sophia sophia (L.) Britton in N.L.Britton & A.Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S. 2: 144 (1897), not validly publ.
Sophia vulgaris Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 332 (1868).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Descurainia Sophia (L.) Webb & Berth	Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
Descurainia Sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
Descurainia sophia	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Descurainia sophia (L.) Prantl.	Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh et al., 2012)
Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb & Berth	Useful Pl. of Wakhan & Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb & Berth.	Med. Pl. in Balochistan, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb Ex Prantl	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prant	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex prantl	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb.	Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006)
Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb. ex Prantl	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb. exPrantl	TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
Descurainia sophia (Linn.) Webb ex Prantl.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Descurainia sophia (Linnaeus) Webb ex Prantl	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Sisymbrium sophia	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Sisymbrium sophia L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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