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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 2 Duke, 1992 *
ATPase-Inhibitor 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Autotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bacteriostatic 1 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Bacteristat 2 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bradycardic 1 Martindale's 28th
Bronchoconstrictor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Bronchomucolytic 1 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 200.
Bronchomucotropic 1 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Bronchorrheic 1 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 200.
Bronchostimulant 1 Martindale's 28th
Bruchiphobe 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 4 Duke, 1992 *