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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
METHYL-SULFINYL-ALKYL-ISOTHIOCYANATES 0 Leaf *
METHYL-SULFONYL-ALKYL-ISOTHIOCYANATES 0 Leaf *
MEVALONIC-ACID 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
MOLYBDENUM 2 Leaf 0.1 8.7 2.96 *
MONOBUTYLPHTHALATE 0 Leaf *
MONOOCTYLPHTHALATE 0 Leaf *
N-(1)-METHOXYBRASSININ 0 Leaf 63.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
N-BUTYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
N-HEXANAL 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
N-METHYL-ANILINE 0 Leaf 0.3 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
N-METHYL-BETA-PHENETHYLAMINE 0 Leaf 0.5 2.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
N-METHYL-PHENETHYLAMINE 0 Leaf 0.5 3.7 1.38 Jim Duke's personal files.
N-NONACOSANE 1 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
N-PENTYL-AMINE 0 Leaf 0.6 1.4 1.41 Jim Duke's personal files.
NAPOLEIFERIN 0 Seed 0.1 *
NARCOTINE 6 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Leaf *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Plant *
NEOGLUCOBRASSICIN 1 Leaf *
NEOGLUCOBRASSICIN 1 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
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 9 *
Antihyperthyroid 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypoxic 1 *
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiielus? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiimplantation 1 *
Antiimpotence 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfarctal 1 Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 20 Martindale's 28th
Antiinsomniac 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomniac? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinsulinogenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiischemic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antikeratitic 1 *
Antikeshan 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.