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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
GLUCOIBERIN 1 Leaf 0.0 248.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCONAPOLEIFERIN 0 Flower 0.0 80.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCONAPOLEIFERIN 0 Leaf 9.0 135.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCONASTURTIN 1 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCONASTURTIN 1 Leaf 0.0 145.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCORAPHANIN 1 Flower 0.0 990.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCORAPHANIN 1 Leaf 255.0 8990.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSINOLATES 0 Flower 20.0 1140.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSINOLATES 0 Leaf 70.0 2120.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Flower 2650.0 34240.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Leaf 3750.0 40275.0 0.13 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Flower 640.0 8270.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Leaf 950.0 10203.0 -0.06 Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-ENOL-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXYL-ACETATE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Flower 400.0 5165.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Leaf 500.0 5370.0 0.00 Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-3-ACETONITRILE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-3-CARBINOL 32 Leaf not available not available not available 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
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.