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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
SULFORAPHANE 5 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.
SULFUR 14 Leaf 385.0 8750.0 0.92 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Shoot not available 22.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Shoot not available 3.6 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 0.5 10.0 0.35 Duke, 1992 *
THREO-1-CYANO-2-HYDROXY-3,4-EPITHIOBUTANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THREO-1-CYANO-2-HYDROXY-3,4-EPITHIOBUTANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-2-HEXENAL 4 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
TRANS-2-PENTENOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
TRIACONTAN-1-OL 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRITHIONE 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.
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 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.
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 *