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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
CYSTINE 2 Leaf 200.0 2148.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-AMINE 2 Flower not available 14.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-DISULFIDE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHANOL 24 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHANOL 24 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Flower 1800.0 29400.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Leaf 3160.0 41242.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Leaf not available 13.0 0.09 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Flower 8000.0 132000.0 0.00 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 10760.0 122866.0 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE 0 Flower 0.0 2.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE 0 Leaf 0.0 0.9 -1.20 Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN 15 Leaf 0.6 8.4 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOBRASSICIN 1 Flower 60.0 1670.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOBRASSICIN 1 Leaf 30.0 580.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOERUCIN 0 Flower 0.0 210.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOERUCIN 0 Leaf 0.0 15020.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOIBERIN 1 Flower 0.0 1600.0 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
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