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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Brassica oleracea var. botrytis l. (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Cauliflower
How this plant is used
Food
Variety
botrytis
Variety Author
L.
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Leaf 290.0 3115.0 0.11 *
TYROSINE 8 Flower 430.0 5555.0 *
TYROSINE 8 Leaf 630.0 6766.0 -0.34 *
VALINE 3 Flower 1000.0 12920.0 *
VALINE 3 Leaf 1280.0 13747.0 0.30 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Plant *
VIT-B-6 0 Flower 2.0 30.0 1.00 *
VIT-B-6 0 Leaf 1.6 18.0 0.25 *
WATER 0 Leaf 890000.0 910230.0 0.51 *
WATER 0 Plant 894000.0 926000.0 0.66 *
ZINC 77 Flower 3.0 97.0 3.06 *
ZINC 77 Leaf 4.0 118.0 0.20 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antileukonychic 1 *
Antileukoplakic 1 *
Antileukotriene 4 *
Antileukotriene-D4 4 *
Antilipoperoxidant 2 *
Antilithic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus 2 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 *
Antilymphocytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic 2 *
Antimaculitic 5 *
Antimalarial 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimanic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic 2 *
Antimelanomic 3 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.