Lepidium sativum Linn.

Lepidium sativum Linn.
Family: Cruciferae
Common name: Garden Cress

Sanskrit : Chandrika
Assamese : Halim
Bengali : Chand Shura, Halim
English : Common Cress
Gujrati : Aseriya, Aseliyo
Hindi : Chansur
Kannada : Allibija, Kapila
Kashmiri : Alian
Malayalam : Asali
Marathi : Ahaliva, Haliv
Oriya : Chandasara, Chandasura
Punjabi : Holan, Taratej
Tamil : Allivirai
Telugu : Adityalu, Aadalu
Urdu : Halim

Lepidium sativum is reported to exhibit antihypertensive, diuretic, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anticoagulant,  antirheumatic, hypoglycemic, laxative, prokinetic, antidiarrheal, and antispasmodic  properties. It has been shown to possess antiasthmatic and bronchodilatory potential in preliminary studies, but there is no report available in the literature on the pharmacological basis for its medicinal use in airways disorders.

There are about 300 published articles in indexed journals. 16 Free full text articles are listed here.

1. Pharmacological Basis for the Medicinal Use of Lepidium sativum in Airways Disorders.
2. Potent endogenous allelopathic compounds in Lepidium sativum seed exudate: effects on epidermal cell growth in Amaranthus caudatus seedlings.
3. Pharmacognostic study of Lepidium sativum Linn (Chandrashura). 
4. Members of the gibberellin receptor gene family GID1 (GIBBERELLIN INSENSITIVE DWARF1) play distinct roles during Lepidium sativum and Arabidopsis thaliana seed germination.
5. Regulation of seed germination in the close Arabidopsis relative Lepidium sativum: a global tissue-specific transcript analysis.
6. Analgesic effect of Lepidium sativum Linn. (Chandrashura) in experimental animals.
7. Ethylene interacts with abscisic acid to regulate endosperm rupture during germination: a comparative approach using Lepidium sativum and Arabidopsis thaliana.
8. Peroxidases identified in a subtractive cDNA library approach show tissue-specific transcript abundance and enzyme activity during seed germination of Lepidium sativum.
9. The effects of Lepidium sativum seeds on fracture-induced healing in rabbits.
10. Chemoprotective effects of garden cress (Lepidium sativum) and its constituents towards 2-amino-3-methyl-imidazo[4,5-f]quinoline (IQ)-induced genotoxic effects and colonic preneoplastic lesions.
11. Growth, Gravitropism, and Endogenous Ion Currents of Cress Roots (Lepidium sativum L.) : Measurements Using a Novel Three-Dimensional Recording Probe.
12. Partial Purification and Characterization of a 3'- Phosphoadenosine 5' -Phosphosulfate: Desulfoglucosinolate Sulfotransferase from Cress (Lepidium sativum).
13. Effect of Castanospermine and Related Polyhydroxyalkaloids on Purified Myrosinase from Lepidium sativum Seedlings.
14. Glucosinolate Biosynthesis: Sulfation of Desulfobenzylglucosinolate by Cell-Free Extracts of Cress (Lepidium sativum L.) Seedlings.
15. Characterization of Ca Transport in Purified Endoplasmic Reticulum Membrane Vesicles from Lepidium sativum L. Roots.
16. Rapid Changes in the Pattern of Electric Current around the Root Tip of Lepidium sativum L. following Gravistimulation.