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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
CYANIDIN-3-MALONYL-SOPHOROSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling 171.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
CYANIDIN-3-SINAPYL-SOPHOROSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling 200.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
CYANIDIN-3-SOPHOROSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling 257.0 *
CYANIDIN-5-O-GLUCOSIDE-3-O-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Leaf *
CYANIN 5 Leaf Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CYCLOBRASSININ 3 Leaf 4.3 Jim Duke's personal files.
CYSTINE 2 Leaf 100.0 1337.0 -1.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
DIINDOLYLMETHANE 0 Leaf *
DIINDOLYLMETHANE 0 Plant *
DIMETHYL-AMINE 2 Leaf 2.0 2.8 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
DIMETHYL-DISULFIDE 2 Leaf Wealth of India.
DIMETHYL-TRISULFIDE 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
ERYTHRO-1-CYANO-2-HYDROXY-3,4-EPITHIOBUTANE 0 Leaf *
ERYTHRO-1-CYANO-2-HYDROXY-3,4-EPITHIOBUTANE 0 Plant *
ESTERASE 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
ETHYL-AMINE 0 Leaf 1.3 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
ETHYL-METHYL-AMINE 0 Leaf 0.9 Jim Duke's personal files.
FAT 0 Leaf 1090.0 33559.0 -0.46 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FAT 0 Seed 350000.0 0.45 Wealth of India.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiplasmodial 1 *
AntiPMS 6 *
Antipneumonic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antipoliomyelitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolyp 1 *
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 7 *
Antiproliferative 1 *
Antiprostaglandin 3 *
Antiprostanoid 1 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiprostatotic 1 *
Antipruritic 2 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Antipsoriac 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipsychotic 4 Martindale's 29th