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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
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 8 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Lubricant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lymphocytogenic 1 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
MAO-A-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Metal-Chelator 3 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Monoamine-Precursor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mosquitocide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Mucotropic 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.