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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PHOSPHOLIPIDS 0 Leaf 80.0 2400.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 214.0 6500.0 0.28 Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Flower 0.2 3.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Leaf 110.0 1471.0 -0.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 1140.0 42500.0 0.54 Duke, 1992 *
PROGOITRIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PROGOITRIN 1 Seed not available 1.9 not available Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Leaf 2380.0 31821.0 2.98 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROP-2-ENYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PROP-2-ENYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROPENYL-CYANIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROPYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROPYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 10780.0 179425.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf 2.0 100.0 -0.35 Jim Duke's personal files.
QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
QUERCETIN-3-SINAPOYL-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
QUERCETIN-3-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antipyretic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 12 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antirespirotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinitic Optometry 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic 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
Antiretinotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic 8 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatitic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antischizophrenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiscoliotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 17 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antiserotonin 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.