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Plant 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
3-INDOYL-METHYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-SULFINYL-PROPYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-SULFINYL-PROPYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-THIO-PROPYL-CYANIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
3-O-(2-O-{BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL}-6-O-(4-O-{BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL}-5-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)...CYANIDIN 0 Leaf not available 16.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-O-(2-O-{BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL}-6-O-(4-O-{BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL}TRANS-FERULYL)...CYANIDIN 0 Leaf not available 0.5 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-O-(2-O-{BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL}-6-O-(4-O-{BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL}TRANS-P-COUMARYL)...CYANIDIN 0 Leaf not available 0.3 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-O-(6-O-{TRANS-FERULYL)-2-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL}...CYANIDIN 0 Leaf not available 0.2 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-O-(6-O-{TRANS-P-COUMAROYL)-2-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL}...CYANIDIN 0 Leaf not available 27.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-O-(6-O-{TRANS-SINAPL}-2-O-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL5-O-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-CYANIDIN 0 Leaf not available 0.1 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-PENTANONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
4-(METHYLTHIO)-BUTYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-CAFFOYLQUINIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-CAFFOYLQUINIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-EPITHIOBUTANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
4-HYDROXY-GLUCOBRASSICIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
4-HYDROXY-INDO-3-YL-METHYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
4-HYDROXY-INDOYL-3-YL-METHYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
4-METHOXYBRASSININ 3 Leaf not available 1.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
4-METHYL-SULFINYL-BUTYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antikeshan 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.