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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
FERULIC-ACID 61 Leaf 4.0 20.0 0.75 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID-B-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
FIBER 15 Leaf 6000.0 106960.0 -0.67 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FLUORINE 0 Leaf 0.0 2.5 -0.63 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
FOLACIN 15 Leaf 0.5 9.0 -0.09 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FOLIC-ACID 23 Leaf not available 0.1 -1.00 Wealth of India.
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Shoot not available 14.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOBRASSICANAPIN 1 Seed not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOBRASSICIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOBRASSICIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOERUCIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
GLUCOIBERIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GLUCOIBERVERIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
GLUCONAPIN 1 Seed not available 2.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCORAPHANIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Leaf 2700.0 36099.0 -0.10 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCINE 12 Leaf 270.0 3610.0 -1.81 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GOITRIN 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GOITRIN 2 Plant 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
Chemopreventive 7 Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue 3 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 9 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Cholinergic 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cicatrizant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ciliotoxic 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.
Circulotonic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 3 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 3 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Co-carcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Coleopterifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Coleoptophile 1 Merck 11th Edition
Collagen-Sparing 2 Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Colorant 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic 1 Martindale's 29th