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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
STRONTIUM 0 Leaf 3.0 870.0 1.03 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
SULFORAPHANE 5 Leaf Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
SULFUR 14 Leaf 385.0 8750.0 0.92 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Shoot 22.0 -0.16 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Shoot 3.6 -0.70 *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 0.5 10.0 0.35 *
THREO-1-CYANO-2-HYDROXY-3,4-EPITHIOBUTANE 0 Leaf *
THREO-1-CYANO-2-HYDROXY-3,4-EPITHIOBUTANE 0 Plant *
THREONINE 4 Leaf 420.0 5615.0 -1.40 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TITANIUM 0 Leaf 0.4 203.0 0.18 *
TRANS-2-HEXENAL 4 Leaf Wealth of India.
TRANS-2-PENTENOL 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
TRIACONTAN-1-OL 1 Leaf *
TRITHIONE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Leaf 120.0 1604.0 -1.44 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE 8 Leaf 210.0 2807.0 -1.44 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
UBIQUINONE 8 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
VALINE 3 Leaf 520.0 6952.0 -1.61 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VANADIUM 16 Leaf 0.5 14.5 1.31 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 2 *
Cancer-Preventive 32 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cancer-Preventive? 1 *
Candidicide 6 Martindale's 28th
Candidistat 1 *
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 7 *
Cardiac 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.
Cardiodepressant 1 *
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 12 *
Cardioprotective? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Cardiovascular 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Carminative 2 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.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Catabolic 1 *
Cerebrotonic 1 *