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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.

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List of plant chemicals.
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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 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihemorrhoidal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatocarcinogenic 1 Akao, M. and Kuroda, K. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Fumaric Acid on Hepatocarcinogenesis by Thioacetamide in Mice. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2012-2014, 1990.
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 10 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 8 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 6 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihomocystinuric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid 2 Duke, 1992 *