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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
1-METHOXY-GLUCOBRASSICIN 0 Leaf *
1-METHOXY-INDOLE-3-CARBALDEHYDE 0 Plant *
1-O-FERULOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf *
1-O-P-COUMAROYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf *
1-O-SINAPOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL 0 Leaf *
3,3'-DIINDOYL-METHANE 0 Leaf *
3-METHYL-SULFINYL-PROPYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Flower *
3-METHYLTHIOPROPYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Flower *
4-HYDROXY-GLUCOBRASSICIN 1 Flower 7.0 390.0 *
4-HYDROXY-GLUCOBRASSICIN 1 Leaf 3.0 325.0 *
4-METHOXY-GLUCOBRASSICIN 0 Flower 15.0 355.0 *
4-METHOXY-GLUCOBRASSICIN 0 Leaf 8.0 580.0 *
4-METHOXY-INDOL-3-YL-METHYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Flower *
4-METHOXY-INDOL-3-YL-METHYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf *
4-METHYL-SULFINYL-BUTYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Flower *
4-METHYL-THIO-BUTYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Flower *
4-VINYL-GUAIACOL 4 Plant *
5-HYDROXY-GLUCOBRASSICIN 0 Leaf *
5-HYDROXY-GLUCOBRASSICIN 0 Tissue Culture *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiradicular 12 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 *
Antirespirotic 1 *
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinopathic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiretinotic 2 *
Antirheumatic 8 *
Antirheumatitic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antirhinitic 2 *
Antiscoliotic 1 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 *
Antiseborrheic 4 *
Antiseptic 14 *
Antiserotonin 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisickling 4 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antisilicotic 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antisinusitic 1 *
Antispare-Tire 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95