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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
KAEMPFEROL-3-FERULOYL-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
KAEMPFEROL-3-SINAPOYL-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
KAEMPFEROL-3-SOPHOROSIDE-7-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
KAEMPFEROL-7-GLUCOSIDE 1 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf 240.0 3209.0 0.31 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LANTHANUM 0 Leaf 6.7 20.3 0.27 *
LEAD 0 Leaf 0.0 5.8 -0.53 *
LEUCINE 2 Leaf 630.0 8423.0 -1.25 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Leaf 350.0 4680.0 -0.59 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LITHIUM 11 Leaf 0.3 1.4 -0.50 *
LUTEIN 15 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
LYSINE 4 Leaf 570.0 7621.0 -1.19 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 100.0 2228.0 -0.73 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 1.0 45.0 -0.39 *
MENTHOL 63 Leaf *
MENTHOL 63 Plant *
MERCURY 1 Leaf 0.0 0.0 -0.79 *
METHIONINE 15 Leaf 120.0 1604.0 -1.23 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHYL-AMINE 1 Leaf 3.4 22.7 -0.18 Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
AntiAGE 2 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
Antiaggregant 10 *
Antiaging 5 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 4 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic 9 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialopecic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 7 *
Antiamblyopic 1 *
Antianaphylactic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 5 *
Antianginal 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 3 *
Antianorectic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.