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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
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 214.0 3072.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Flower 1.5 48.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 2.0 80.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY 1 Flower 0.0 0.0 -0.94 Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY 1 Leaf 0.0 0.1 1.17 Duke, 1992 *
METHANOL 2 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHANOL 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Flower 280.0 3615.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Leaf 340.0 3652.0 0.47 Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-AMINE 1 Flower not available 65.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Flower not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Leaf 0.1 3.8 0.68 Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Stem not available 1.8 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
MUFA 13 Flower 120.0 1550.0 0.46 Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-BETA-PHENETHYLAMINE 0 Flower not available 1.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-BETA-PHENETHYLAMINE 0 Plant not available 1.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-PHENETHYLAMINE 0 Flower not available 1.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTYL-AMINE 0 Flower not available 3.3 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
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 14 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 12 Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 20 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticalculic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 9 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer (Forestomach) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver) 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.