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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
QUERCETIN-3-SOPHOROSIDE-7-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
QUINIC-ACID 1 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
RHODANIDES 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 0.0 4.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM 0 Leaf 0.4 27.5 -0.50 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
RUBROBRASSINCHLORIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
S-METHYL-METHIONINE-SULFOXIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES 7 Leaf 0.0 15.0 -0.54 Duke, 1992 *
SEC-BUTYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
SELENIUM 60 Leaf 0.0 0.3 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
SINIGRIN 7 Seed not available 44.7 -1.00 Abstract (See species file)
SODIUM 1 Leaf 141.0 4510.0 0.15 Duke, 1992 *
SPATHULENOL 0 Shoot not available 90.0 0.08 Duke, 1992 *
SPIROBRASSININ 2 Leaf not available 35.0 not available 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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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
Antitumor (Stomach) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 7 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 13 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiuricosuric 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 13 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivulvitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 7 Merck 11th Edition
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.