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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
PENTAN-3-ONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTEN-1-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENETHYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENETHYLAMINE 3 Flower not available 1.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Flower 710.0 9175.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Leaf 840.0 9022.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Flower 385.0 7375.0 1.54 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 644.0 9090.0 0.76 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIC-ACID 9 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Flower 180.0 1800.0 not available Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Flower 3300.0 49080.0 3.06 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 3178.0 37270.0 0.31 Duke, 1992 *
PROGOITRIN 1 Flower 0.0 60.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PROGOITRIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Flower 860.0 11110.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Leaf 1140.0 12244.0 0.14 Duke, 1992 *
PROP-2-ENYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Flower 18680.0 300000.0 1.82 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 28710.0 331159.0 1.19 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
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 *