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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
ALLYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALLYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 16 Leaf not available 20.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-AMYLASE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Leaf 460.0 6150.0 -0.16 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Shoot not available 14.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Shoot not available 3.6 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Shoot not available 18.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Leaf 0.4 170.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Leaf 1.0 4350.0 3.89 Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA 0 Leaf 3800.0 11060.0 0.16 Jim Duke's personal files.
AMMONIA(NH3) 0 Leaf 3800.0 11060.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ANILINE 0 Leaf 1.0 4.0 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
ANTHERAXANTHIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ANTHOXANTHINS 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ARGININE 14 Leaf 690.0 9225.0 -0.69 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARSENIC 2 Leaf 0.0 0.0 -0.83 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 190.0 6774.0 0.18 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Leaf 6000.0 98072.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Leaf 1190.0 15910.0 -0.70 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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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
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 *