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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1-METHOXY-GLUCOBRASSICIN 0 Leaf *
1-METHOXY-INDOLE-3-CARBALDEHYDE 0 Plant *
1-O-FERULOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf *
1-O-P-COUMAROYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf *
1-O-SINAPOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL 0 Leaf *
3,3'-DIINDOYL-METHANE 0 Leaf *
3-METHYL-SULFINYL-PROPYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Flower *
3-METHYLTHIOPROPYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Flower *
4-HYDROXY-GLUCOBRASSICIN 1 Flower 7.0 390.0 *
4-HYDROXY-GLUCOBRASSICIN 1 Leaf 3.0 325.0 *
4-METHOXY-GLUCOBRASSICIN 0 Flower 15.0 355.0 *
4-METHOXY-GLUCOBRASSICIN 0 Leaf 8.0 580.0 *
4-METHOXY-INDOL-3-YL-METHYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Flower *
4-METHOXY-INDOL-3-YL-METHYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf *
4-METHYL-SULFINYL-BUTYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Flower *
4-METHYL-THIO-BUTYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Flower *
4-VINYL-GUAIACOL 4 Plant *
5-HYDROXY-GLUCOBRASSICIN 0 Leaf *
5-HYDROXY-GLUCOBRASSICIN 0 Tissue Culture *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 2 Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic 1 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypertensive 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hypnotic 2 Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocalcemic 2 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Hypocholesterolemic 17 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 10 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 4 *
Hypotensive 13 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Hypouricemic 1 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Immunomodulator 9 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 10 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Immunosuppressant 3 *
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 *
Inotropic 2 *
Insecticide 1 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.