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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
INDOLE-3-CARBOXYLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INDOYL-3-METHYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Flower 5.0 122.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Leaf 8.0 109.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Flower 760.0 9820.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Leaf 1090.0 11707.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Flower not available 30.0 -1.08 Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf 280.0 3007.0 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Plant 240.0 3100.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
LEAD 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEAD 0 Leaf 0.0 1.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Flower 1160.0 15000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Leaf 1310.0 14069.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Flower 190.0 2455.0 0.45 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Leaf 380.0 4081.0 -0.69 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Flower 640.0 8270.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Flower 1070.0 13825.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Leaf 1410.0 15143.0 0.52 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Flower 115.0 2250.0 -0.41 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