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Plant 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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PENTAN-3-ONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTEN-1-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENETHYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENETHYLAMINE 3 Flower not available 1.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Flower 710.0 9175.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Leaf 840.0 9022.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Flower 385.0 7375.0 1.54 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 644.0 9090.0 0.76 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIC-ACID 9 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Flower 180.0 1800.0 not available Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Flower 3300.0 49080.0 3.06 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 3178.0 37270.0 0.31 Duke, 1992 *
PROGOITRIN 1 Flower 0.0 60.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PROGOITRIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Flower 860.0 11110.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Leaf 1140.0 12244.0 0.14 Duke, 1992 *
PROP-2-ENYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Flower 18680.0 300000.0 1.82 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 28710.0 331159.0 1.19 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
AntiNF-kB 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic 5 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antioncychomycotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antionychyotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antiotitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant 31 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antioxidant Synergist 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antioxidant? 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipapillomic 2 Duke, 1992 *