Taste. Both the flowers and the leaves are edible and have a spicy, peppery and pleasantly hot flavour. The reason for the pungency is mustard oil glycosides, which also have health-promoting properties.
Effect. The plant's healing properties are due to its antibiotic, antiviral and antifungal properties, which are mainly caused by the mustard oil glycosides it contains. The Studienkreis Entwicklungsgeschichte der Arzneipflanzenkunde (Study Group on the History of the Development of Medicinal Plants) named nasturtium the medicinal plant of the year 2013, as the medically important ingredients of nasturtium have been shown in studies to be effective in the fight against bacteria, fungi and viruses.
Source: www.kraeuter-buch.de
