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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.
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Leaf 290.0 3115.0 0.11 Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Flower 430.0 5555.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Leaf 630.0 6766.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Flower 1000.0 12920.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Leaf 1280.0 13747.0 0.30 Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6 0 Flower 2.0 30.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6 0 Leaf 1.6 18.0 0.25 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Leaf 890000.0 910230.0 0.51 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Plant 894000.0 926000.0 0.66 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Flower 3.0 97.0 3.06 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Leaf 4.0 118.0 0.20 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Bladder) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Forestomach) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 6 Arch Pharm (Weinheim)
Antitumor (Ovary) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 8 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitympanitic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiulcer 16 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.