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Common Names
Cauliflower
How this plant is used
Food
Variety
botrytis
Variety Author
L.
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Pituitary-Stimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Plasmodicide | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Preservative | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Previtamin-A | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prolactinogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Proliferant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prooxidant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Propecic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandigenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Sparer | 1 | Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990. |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 2 | Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14. |
| Protisticide | 2 | Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105. |
| PTK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 12 | Fahey, J. W., Zhang, Y., Talalay, P. 1997. Broccoli Sprouts: An Exceptionally Rich Source of Inducers of Enzymes that Protects Against Chemical Carcinogens. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 94: 10367-10372. |
| Radioprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Refrigerant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Renotoxic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Roborant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |