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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.

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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
SILICON 4 Leaf 1.0 90.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Leaf not available 40.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
SINIGRIN 7 Flower 0.0 325.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SINIGRIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Flower 120.0 2300.0 0.73 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Leaf 252.0 3091.0 -0.10 Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE 10 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Flower 30.0 390.0 0.64 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Leaf 70.0 752.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Flower 20.0 200.0 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.)
STIGMASTEROL 12 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Leaf 1200.0 11800.0 1.63 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Flower 0.6 12.0 1.96 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 0.6 8.0 -0.06 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Flower 720.0 9300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Leaf 910.0 9773.0 -0.01 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-FERULIC-ACID 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Flower 260.0 3360.0 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
Disinfectant 1 Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 10 Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Dye 3 Merck 11th Edition
Embryotoxic 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Emetic 1 Martindale's 29th
Encephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Energizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Essential 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic? 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Expectorant 1 Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp.
Fatal 1 Martindale's 29th
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Fibrinolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor 10 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry