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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Rubefacient | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Scabicide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Schizophrenigenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Sclerosant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Secretogogue | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Sedative | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Serotoninergic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Sialogogue | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Soap | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Spermicide | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Spermigenic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Spice | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Sunscreen | 5 | Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993. |
| Suppository | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Surfactant | 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. |
| Sweetener | 1 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Teratogenic | 1 | Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006. |
| Teratologic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Testosteronigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Thermogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |