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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
1-O-P-COUMAROYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
1-O-SINAPOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
2 HYDROXY-4-PENTENYLISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Leaf *
2,4,5-TRITHISHEXANE 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
2-BUTANONE 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
2-HYDROXY-1-CYANO-BUT-3-ENE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
2-HYDROXY-3-BUTENYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf *
2-METHOXY-PHENOL 0 Leaf *
2-METHOXY-PHENOL 0 Plant *
2-METHYL-THIO-PROPYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf *
2-PHENETHYL-CYANIDE 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
2-PHENYL-ETHYL-GLUSOSINOLATE 0 Leaf USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
2-PROPENYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf *
2-PROPENYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Plant *
3-(METHYLTHIO)-PROPYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Leaf *
3-BUTENYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf *
3-BUTENYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 1 Leaf *
3-HYDROXY-METHYL-INDOLE 0 Leaf *
3-INDOYL-ACETONITRILE 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
3-INDOYL-METHYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Comedolytic 1 *
COMT-Inhibitor 1 *
Congestant 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.
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Convulsant 1 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Copper-Antagonist 1 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
Copper-Chelator 2 *
Cosmetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 2 *
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 4 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 2 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytoprotective 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Decongestant 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Decongestant? 1 Eccles, R., et al. 1989. The effects of oral administration of (-)-menthol on nasal resistance to airflow and nasal sensation of airflow in subjects suffering from nasal congestion associated with the common cold. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 652-654, 1990.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Deliriant 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Demulcent 1 *