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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
QUERCETIN-3-SOPHOROSIDE-7-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
QUINIC-ACID 1 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
RHODANIDES 0 Leaf *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 0.0 4.0 -0.16 *
RUBIDIUM 0 Leaf 0.4 27.5 -0.50 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
RUBROBRASSINCHLORIDE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
S-METHYL-CYSTEINE-SULFOXIDE 2 Leaf *
S-METHYL-METHIONINE-SULFOXIDE 0 Leaf *
SALICYLATES 7 Leaf 0.0 15.0 -0.54 *
SEC-BUTYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
SELENIUM 60 Leaf 0.0 0.3 -0.36 *
SERINE 1 Leaf 710.0 9493.0 -0.29 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SILICON 4 Leaf 1.0 25.0 -0.34 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
SILVER 3 Leaf 0.1 0.6 1.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Leaf 13.0 67.0 -0.36 *
SINIGRIN 7 Seed 44.7 -1.00 Abstract (See species file)
SODIUM 1 Leaf 141.0 4510.0 0.15 *
SPATHULENOL 0 Shoot 90.0 0.08 *
SPIROBRASSININ 2 Leaf 35.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Leaf 10.0 134.0 -0.53 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic 3 *
Antimelanomic 2 *
AntiMeniere's 2 Martindale's 28th
Antimenopausal 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimenorrhagic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetaplastic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimetastatic 6 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antimigraine 6 Martindale's 29th
Antimitotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 *
Antimorphinic 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiMS 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 19 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyalgic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimyelotoxic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antimyocarditic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antineoplastic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephritic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephrolytic 1 *