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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
NEOMENTHOL 2 Leaf *
NEOMENTHOL 2 Plant *
NEOXANTHIN 2 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
NIACIN 39 Leaf 3.0 40.0 -0.70 *
NICKEL 3 Leaf 0.0 8.7 -0.25 *
NITROGEN 0 Leaf 2100.0 37500.0 -0.31 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
NONACOSAN-15-ONE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Leaf 130.0 1738.0 -0.43 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OXALATE 0 Leaf 1000.0 13370.0 -0.63 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OXALIC-ACID 9 Leaf 30.0 350.0 -0.47 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Leaf 0.5 9.0 -0.35 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Leaf 190.0 2540.0 -0.34 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Leaf 1.4 19.0 -0.45 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PECTIN 24 Leaf 45700.0 0.26 Wealth of India.
PHENETHYL-CYANIDE 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
PHENETHYLAMINE 3 Leaf 2.1 8.6 1.37 Jim Duke's personal files.
PHENYLALANINE 7 Leaf 390.0 5214.0 -1.31 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHENYLETHYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Leaf USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHEOPHYTIN-A 3 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
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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.