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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
CAMPESTEROL 2 Leaf 20.0 200.0 0.27 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 53700.0 717969.0 0.84 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CARVONE 19 Leaf *
CARVONE 19 Plant *
CHLORINE 7 Leaf 120.0 -0.64 Wealth of India.
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Leaf *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Plant *
CHOLINE 20 Leaf 1200.0 -0.42 Wealth of India.
CHROMIUM 24 Leaf 0.0 8.7 0.10 *
CIS-HEXEN-1-OL 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
CITRIC-ACID 23 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
COBALT 2 Leaf 0.0 2.9 -0.28 *
COPPER 12 Leaf 0.3 87.0 1.63 *
CROCETIN 10 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
CYANIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling 229.0 *
CYANIDIN-3-(DI-P-COUMAROYL)-SOPHOROSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling 229.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
CYANIDIN-3-(DIFERULYL)-SOPHOROSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling 214.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
CYANIDIN-3-(DISINAPYL)-SOPHOROSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling 257.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
CYANIDIN-3-(P-COUMAROYL)-SOPHOROSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling 200.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
CYANIDIN-3-FERULYL-SOPHOROSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling 243.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
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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 *