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

Common Names
Cabbage; Red Cabbage; White Cabbage
How this plant is used
Food
Variety
capitata
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
-METHOXYBRASSITIN 3 Leaf 30.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
1,2-DITHIACYCLOPENT-4-ENE-3-THIONE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
1-CYANO-2,3-EPITHIOPROPANE 0 Leaf *
1-CYANO-2,3-EPITHIOPROPANE 0 Plant *
1-CYANO-2-HYDROXY-3-BUTENE 0 Leaf *
1-CYANO-2-HYDROXY-3-BUTENE 0 Plant *
1-CYANO-3,4-EPITHIOBUTANE 0 Leaf *
1-CYANO-3,4-EPITHIOBUTANE 0 Plant *
1-CYANO-3,4-EPITHIOPENTANE 0 Leaf *
1-CYANO-3,4-EPITHIOPENTANE 0 Plant *
1-CYANO-3-METHYL-SULFINYL-PROPANE 0 Leaf *
1-CYANO-3-METHYL-SULFINYL-PROPANE 0 Plant *
1-CYANO-3-METHYL-THIO-PROPANE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
1-CYANO-4-METHYL-SULFINYL-BUTANE 0 Leaf *
1-CYANO-4-METHYL-SULFINYL-BUTANE 0 Plant *
1-CYANO-4-METHYL-THIO-BUTANE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
1-METHOXY-3-INDOYL-METHYL 0 Leaf *
1-METHOXY-3-INDOYL-METHYL 0 Plant *
1-METHOXY-GLUCOBRASSICIN 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
1-O-FERULOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 *
Acaricide 3 *
Acarifuge 1 *
ACE-Inhibitor 4 *
Acidulant 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Addictive 1 Science News, 145: 294.
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Albuminurigenic 1 Commission E. Blumenthal,M.,Hall,T. and Rister,R.S. eds.1997.The ABC's German Commission E Monographs - Therapeutic Monographs on Medicinal Plants for Human Use by Commission E - A Special Expert Committee of the German Federal Health Agency.ABC.Austin TX
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 9 *
Allelochemic 4 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 4 Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 14 Martindale's 29th
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Amphiestrogenic 1 *