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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
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrypanosomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitubercular 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 16 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Bladder) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Forestomach) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Mouth) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 5 Duke, 1992 *