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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
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antivaricose 1 *
Antivertigo 1 *
Antiviral 10 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 7 Merck 11th Edition
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Aphrodisiac 1 *
Apoptotic 7 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Ascaricide 1 *
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Autotoxic 1 *