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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
NEOGLUCOBRASSICIN 1 Flower 8.0 450.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOGLUCOBRASSICIN 1 Leaf 10.0 900.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOGLUCOBRASSICIN 1 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Flower 5.0 85.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Flower 0.0 12.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Leaf 0.3 7.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN 0 Flower 3100.0 47500.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN 0 Leaf 7000.0 71800.0 1.40 Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Flower 120.0 1550.0 0.48 Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Leaf 240.0 2578.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
OXALATE 0 Leaf 1900.0 20406.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Plant not available 68.0 -0.54 Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Flower not available 35.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Leaf not available 13.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Flower 240.0 3100.0 0.14 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Leaf 470.0 5048.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Flower 1.4 18.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Leaf 5.4 63.0 0.85 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antivaricose 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 10 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 7 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *