Plant Brassica oleracea var. botrytis l. (Brassicaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
ARSENIC	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Flower	660.0	9300.0	2.03	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	911.0	10360.0	0.52	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Flower	6600.0	121250.0	1.20	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	2800.0	101708.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Leaf	2130.0	22876.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-AMINE	0	Flower	not available	1.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Bud	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Flower	not available	4.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	9.0	138.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Flower	120.0	1200.0	-0.77	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Flower	1.0	76.0	1.23	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Leaf	1.0	85.0	0.65	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Stem	not available	21.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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