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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
VERBENONE 5 Shoot 7.2 -0.25 *
VIOLAXANTHIN 2 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
VIT-B-6 0 Leaf 0.8 14.0 -0.13 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VIT-U 0 Leaf 2.0 25.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
WATER 0 Leaf 891000.0 950000.0 0.71 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
YTTERBIUM 0 Leaf 0.2 8.7 0.41 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
YTTRIUM 0 Leaf 0.5 29.0 1.72 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ZINC 77 Leaf 2.0 41.0 -0.28 *
ZIRCONIUM 0 Leaf 1.4 203.0 2.60 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Stomach) 2 *
Antitumor-Promoter 7 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 4 *
Antiulcer 13 *
Antiulcerogenic 2 *
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 *
Antiviral 13 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivulvitic 1 *
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 7 Merck 11th Edition
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Aphrodisiac 1 *
Apoptotic 7 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.