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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 *
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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