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Common Names
Cabbage; Red Cabbage; White Cabbage
How this plant is used
Food
Variety
capitata
Variety Author
L.
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QUERCETIN-3-SOPHOROSIDE-7-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| QUINIC-ACID | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| RHODANIDES | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Leaf | 0.0 | 4.0 | -0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUBIDIUM | 0 | Leaf | 0.4 | 27.5 | -0.50 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| RUBROBRASSINCHLORIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| S-METHYL-CYSTEINE-SULFOXIDE | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| S-METHYL-METHIONINE-SULFOXIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Leaf | 0.0 | 15.0 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SEC-BUTYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Leaf | 0.0 | 0.3 | -0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Leaf | 710.0 | 9493.0 | -0.29 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SILICON | 4 | Leaf | 1.0 | 25.0 | -0.34 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| SILVER | 3 | Leaf | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.33 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SINAPIC-ACID | 9 | Leaf | 13.0 | 67.0 | -0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SINIGRIN | 7 | Seed | not available | 44.7 | -1.00 | Abstract (See species file) |
| SODIUM | 1 | Leaf | 141.0 | 4510.0 | 0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SPATHULENOL | 0 | Shoot | not available | 90.0 | 0.08 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SPIROBRASSININ | 2 | Leaf | not available | 35.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Leaf | 10.0 | 134.0 | -0.53 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Comedolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COMT-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COX-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COX-2-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |