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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
CADMIUM 3 Flower 0.0 0.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM 3 Leaf 0.0 0.2 -0.79 Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf not available 8.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Flower 210.0 4040.0 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 360.0 54247.0 2.45 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Flower 30.0 300.0 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.)
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Flower 49200.0 635660.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 52400.0 562776.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROPHYLL 21 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Flower 0.0 0.1 -1.35 Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Leaf 0.0 0.2 -0.63 Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID 18 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Flower 0.0 0.1 -0.54 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Leaf 0.0 0.6 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Flower 0.3 8.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Leaf 0.7 52.0 0.67 Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Flower 230.0 2970.0 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
Catabolic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 7 Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue 3 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 11 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Circulotonic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 4 Martindale's 29th
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Co-carcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Coleoptophile 1 Merck 11th Edition
Collagen-Sparing 2 Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Colorant 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic 2 Martindale's 29th
COMT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th