Barbarea

Barbarea
Barbarea vulgaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Barbarea
W. T. Aiton

Barbarea (winter cress or yellow rocket) is a genus of about 22 species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with the highest species diversity in southern Europe and southwest Asia. They are small herbaceous biennial or perennial plants with dark green, deeply lobed leaves and yellow flowers with four petals.

Selected species

Uses

They grow quickly into dandelion-like rosettes of edible, cress-like foliage. Barbarea verna, also known as upland cress, early winter cress, American cress, Belle Isle cress and scurvy grass, is used in salads or to add a nippy taste to mixed greens for cooking.

Chemical compounds

Winter cress contains different glucosinolates, flavonoids and saponins.[1][2][3]

References

  1. Vera Kuzina, Jens Kvist Nielsen, Jörg Manfred Augustin, Anna Maria Torp, Søren Bak & Sven Bode Andersen (2011). "Barbarea vulgaris linkage map and quantitative trait loci for saponins, glucosinolates, hairiness and resistance to the herbivore Phyllotreta nemorum". Phytochemistry 72 (2–3): 188–198. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2010.11.007. PMID 21130479.
  2. Lea Dalby-Brown, Carl Erik Olsen, Jens Kvist Nielsen & Niels Agerbirk (2011). "Polymorphism for novel tetraglycosylated flavonols in an eco-model crucifer, Barbarea vulgaris". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 59 (13): 6947–6956. doi:10.1021/jf200412c. PMID 21615154.
  3. Niels Agerbirk & Carl Erik Olsen (2011). "Isoferuloyl derivatives of five seed glucosinolates in the crucifer genus Barbarea". Phytochemistry 72 (7): 610–623. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2011.01.034. PMID 21354584.

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